Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #57,812 of 84,120 nationally
Northbrook Eviction Risk: Lower , Fort Wayne
Tract 18003010602 · Allen County, IN · pop 4,327 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
Census tract 18003010602 covers part of the Northbrook area of Fort Wayne, IN, and scores 3.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,327. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units1,664
Renter share36.1%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate12.9%
Median income$68,167
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
47
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
56
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
49
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fort Wayne and the region
Centroid at 41.1540, -85.2024 · click any tract to drill in
Why Northbrook scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Fort Wayne
3.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Indiana legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
12.9% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$1,254 rent vs county FMR
5.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fort Wayne
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fort Wayne
1.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fort Wayne
2.0
How Northbrook compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 62
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 61%Socioeconomic
- 79%Household composition
- 38%Racial/ethnic minority
- 47%Housing & transportation
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 263Total filings over 2 yrs
- 17.08%Avg annual filing rate
- 18.2%Peak (2017)
- 123Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 13.0%Housing insecurity
- 10.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.0%Food insecurity
- 10.3%SNAP enrollment
- 9.0%Transit barriers
- 9.6%No health insurance
- 19.6%Frequent mental distress
- 31.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Northbrook
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.9/10. 27% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Allen County average of 38.5%.
On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.5/10. Average gross rent is $1,254, 26% above the Fort Wayne average.
The severe-burden share is 12%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 263 filings here across 2 tracked years.
The worst year on record was 2017, when 18.2% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 17.1% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 31st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.5/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
It tracks the Allen County average of 3.7 closely. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $68,167.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 18003010602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18003010602?
Census tract 18003010602 in the Northbrook neighborhood scores 3.5/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 18003010602?
Median gross rent is $1,254/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18003010602?
12.9% of residents in tract 18003010602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,327.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18003010602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 79th, minority 38th, housing 47th.
Q5
Is tract 18003010602 considered part of Northbrook?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18003010602 fall within Northbrook (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 18003010602?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 263 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 18003010602 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 17.08% of renter households, peaking at 18.2% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 18003010602 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.0% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 10.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 18003010602 compare to Fort Wayne overall?
Tract 18003010602 scores 3.5/10, higher than the parent city of Fort Wayne at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fort Wayne eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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