Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #59,654 of 84,120 nationally
Walden Eviction Risk: Lower , Fort Wayne
Tract 18003010811 · Allen County, IN · pop 5,723 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
Census tract 18003010811 covers part of the Walden area of Fort Wayne, IN, and scores 3.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,723 residents. Against Allen County at 38.5%, 55% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units2,397
Renter share32.9%
SVI overall0.71
Poverty rate10.2%
Median income$60,928
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
44
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
46
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fort Wayne and the region
Centroid at 41.0894, -85.0649 · click any tract to drill in
Why Walden scores 3.4
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
10.2% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$927 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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 Walden compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 71
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 66%Socioeconomic
- 73%Household composition
- 47%Racial/ethnic minority
- 67%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)
- 122Total filings over 2 yrs
- 8.91%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.0%Peak (2018)
- 75Filings 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.
- 12.0%Housing insecurity
- 10.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.4%Food insecurity
- 10.7%SNAP enrollment
- 8.8%Transit barriers
- 8.8%No health insurance
- 17.8%Frequent mental distress
- 34.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Walden
33% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.9/10.
Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.5/10. Court records carry 122 eviction filings across 2 observed years.
The worst year on record was 2018, when 11.0% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 8.9% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 29th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. It tracks the Allen County average of 3.7 closely. Average gross rent is $927, close to the Fort Wayne average.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 18003010811
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18003010811?
Census tract 18003010811 in the Walden neighborhood scores 3.4/10 (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 18003010811?
Median gross rent is $927/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18003010811?
10.2% of residents in tract 18003010811 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,723.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18003010811?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 71th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 66th, household 73th, minority 47th, housing 67th.
Q5
Is tract 18003010811 considered part of Walden?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18003010811 fall within Walden (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 18003010811?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 122 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 18003010811 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.91% of renter households, peaking at 11.0% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 18003010811 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.0% 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 18003010811 compare to Fort Wayne overall?
Tract 18003010811 scores 3.4/10, right in line with 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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