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Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Flat Rock Park Eviction Risk: Lower , Columbus

Tract 18005010300 · Bartholomew County, IN · pop 3,592 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

Census tract 18005010300 covers part of the Flat Rock Park area of Columbus, IN, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 44%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3% Stable renters 2% Owners 95%
Tract context
Occupied units1,306
Renter share4.4%
SVI overall0.15
Poverty rate4.2%
Median income$131,125

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Flat Rock Park
Very Low
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#12 of 12 tracts In Columbus
Very Low
Within county
7 th percentile
Rank, 7th percentileLowHigh
#15 of 16 tracts In Bartholomew County
Very Low
Within state
34 th percentile
Rank, 34th percentileLowHigh
#1,115 of 1,693 tracts In Indiana
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Columbus and the region

Centroid at 39.2454, -85.9172 · click any tract to drill in

Why Flat Rock Park scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Columbus
4.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.7
State political climate
Indiana legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
4.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,173 rent vs county FMR
4.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Columbus
4.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Columbus
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Columbus
5.5

How Flat Rock Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Flat Rock Park risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 0103003.8Columbusparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 15

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Flat Rock Park. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

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 Flat Rock Park

Against Bartholomew County at 41.3%, 61% of renters here are cost-burdened. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1/10.

Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.5/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2/10. SNAP participation runs 3.3% against 15.2% nationally.

Food insecurity runs 7.1% against 17.8% nationally. Against the Bartholomew County average of 3.8, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points.

On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 4% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.

Social vulnerability reads 2.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 11% of average household income of $131,125, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the IN average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 18005010300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18005010300?

Census tract 18005010300 in the Flat Rock Park 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 18005010300?

Median gross rent is $1,173/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 18005010300?

4.2% of residents in tract 18005010300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,592.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 18005010300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 15th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 8th, household 79th, minority 30th, housing 10th.
Q5

Is tract 18005010300 considered part of Flat Rock Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18005010300 fall within Flat Rock Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 18005010300 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.1% 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. 4.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 18005010300 compare to Columbus overall?

Tract 18005010300 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Columbus at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Columbus eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Columbus

Top eight tracts in Columbus ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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