Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Stratford Forest Eviction Risk: Lower , Fort Wayne
Tract 18003011607 · Allen County, IN · pop 5,405 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
Census tract 18003011607 covers part of the Stratford Forest area of Fort Wayne, IN, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. 7% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well under the Allen County average of 38.5%.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units2,163
Renter share26.2%
SVI overall0.06
Poverty rate2.9%
Median income$92,357
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
26
th percentile
Low
Within county
27
th percentile
Low
Within state
34
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fort Wayne and the region
Centroid at 41.0817, -85.2510 · click any tract to drill in
Why Stratford Forest scores 3
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
2.9% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,112 rent vs county FMR
4.3
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 Stratford Forest compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 6
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 4%Socioeconomic
- 27%Household composition
- 28%Racial/ethnic minority
- 13%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)
- 13Total filings over 2 yrs
- 2.07%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.6%Peak (2018)
- 8Filings 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.
- 7.7%Housing insecurity
- 5.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.6%Food insecurity
- 4.2%SNAP enrollment
- 5.1%Transit barriers
- 6.1%No health insurance
- 15.5%Frequent mental distress
- 23.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Stratford Forest
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1/10.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.9/10. SNAP participation runs 4.2% against 15.2% nationally.
Food insecurity runs 8.6% against 17.8% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 13 filings here across 2 tracked years.
It sits 0.7 points below the Allen County average of 3.7. Average gross rent is $1,112, 11% above the Fort Wayne average. Filings peaked in 2018 at 2.6% of renter households.
In a typical year about 2.1% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 1.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Rent consumes only 14% of average household income of $92,357, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
Statewide the IN average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 18003011607
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18003011607?
Census tract 18003011607 in the Stratford Forest neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 18003011607?
Median gross rent is $1,112/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 7% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18003011607?
2.9% of residents in tract 18003011607 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,405.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18003011607?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 6th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 27th, minority 28th, housing 13th.
Q5
Is tract 18003011607 considered part of Stratford Forest?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18003011607 fall within Stratford Forest (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 18003011607?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 13 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 18003011607 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.07% of renter households, peaking at 2.6% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 18003011607 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.7% 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. 5.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 18003011607 compare to Fort Wayne overall?
Tract 18003011607 scores 3/10, 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Fort Wayne
Top eight tracts in Fort Wayne ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · IN
Countryside Village
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · IN
East Swinney
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · IN
18003011302
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · IN
Avalon
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · IN
18003011303
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · IN
Wildwood Park
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · IN
Bellair
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · IN
18003011304
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
Related