Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #50,654 of 84,120 nationally
Breconshire Eviction Risk: Lower , Fort Wayne
Tract 18003011501 · Allen County, IN · pop 3,687 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
18003011501 is a census tract in the Breconshire area of Fort Wayne, IN. It scores 3.9/10 for landlords. The severe-burden share is 28%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 38%
Tract context
Occupied units2,047
Renter share61.7%
SVI overall0.70
Poverty rate12.9%
Median income$50,044
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
56
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
64
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
60
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fort Wayne and the region
Centroid at 41.0778, -85.2059 · click any tract to drill in
Why Breconshire scores 3.9
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
$952 rent vs county FMR
2.9
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 Breconshire compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 70
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 80%Socioeconomic
- 78%Household composition
- 32%Racial/ethnic minority
- 45%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 2%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 160Total filings over 2 yrs
- 6.75%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.8%Peak (2018)
- 93Filings 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.
- 12.9%Housing insecurity
- 10.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.2%Food insecurity
- 10.5%SNAP enrollment
- 9.2%Transit barriers
- 9.9%No health insurance
- 18.7%Frequent mental distress
- 35.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Breconshire
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.9/10.
Cost burden runs 50% here against 38.5% across Allen County. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.5/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 160 filings here across 2 tracked years.
The worst year on record was 2018, when 7.8% of renter households were served. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 6.7% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #50,654 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.3/10. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.
It tracks the Allen County average of 3.7 closely.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 18003011501
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18003011501?
Census tract 18003011501 in the Breconshire neighborhood scores 3.9/10 (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 18003011501?
Median gross rent is $952/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18003011501?
12.9% of residents in tract 18003011501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,687.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18003011501?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 78th, minority 32th, housing 45th.
Q5
Is tract 18003011501 considered part of Breconshire?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18003011501 fall within Breconshire (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 18003011501?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 160 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 18003011501 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.75% of renter households, peaking at 7.8% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 18003011501 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.9% 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 18003011501 compare to Fort Wayne overall?
Tract 18003011501 scores 3.9/10, 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.
Q9
Was tract 18003011501 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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