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Ludwig Park Eviction Risk: Lower , Fort Wayne

Tract 18003980002 · Allen County, IN · pop 17 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

Census tract 18003980002 covers Ludwig Park in Fort Wayne, home to 17 residents. For landlords it grades 4.1/10, a moderate reading. That is riskier than about 14% of US census tracts.

About 0% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 60% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0% Stable renters 0% Owners 100%
Tract context
Occupied units8
SVI overall0.03
Poverty rate0.0%

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Ludwig Park
Moderate
Within parent city
31 th percentile
Rank, 31st percentileLowHigh
#55 of 79 tracts In Fort Wayne
Low
Within county
44 th percentile
Rank, 44th percentileLowHigh
#54 of 96 tracts In Allen County
Moderate
Within state
52 th percentile
Rank, 52nd percentileLowHigh
#818 of 1,693 tracts In Indiana
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Fort Wayne and the region

Centroid at 41.1267, -85.1598 · click any tract to drill in

Why Ludwig Park scores 3.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
0.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 Ludwig Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Ludwig Park risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.53.5This tracttract 980002Fort Wayne: 2.22.2Fort Wayneparent cityCounty: 3.73.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.63.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 3

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 11Total filings over 2 yrs
  • 78.57%Avg annual filing rate
  • 85.7%Peak (2018)
  • 6Filings 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Ludwig Park

The heaviest input here is supply constraint at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Fort Wayne eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Allen County average of 4.6 and below the Indiana statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 8.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 3rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 18003980002

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18003980002?

Census tract 18003980002 in the Ludwig Park 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 poverty rate in tract 18003980002?

0.0% of residents in tract 18003980002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 17.
Q3

How socially vulnerable is tract 18003980002?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 3th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 32th, household 13th, minority 0th, housing 0th.
Q4

Is tract 18003980002 considered part of Ludwig Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18003980002 fall within Ludwig Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 18003980002?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 11 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 18003980002 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 78.57% of renter households, peaking at 85.7% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 18003980002 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.9% 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. 6.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 18003980002 compare to Fort Wayne overall?

Tract 18003980002 scores 3.5/10, higher than the parent city of Fort Wayne at 2.2/10. 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.

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