Within parent city
27
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally
Columbus Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 18005011500 · Bartholomew County, IN · pop 9,800 · 25% of tract blocks fall in Columbus
Columbus anchors census tract 18005011500, which lands at 4.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 14th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 26% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,093 a month while the average household earns $96,221 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. Renters make up 15% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units3,611
Renter share14.7%
SVI overall0.13
Poverty rate8.5%
Median income$96,221
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
27
th percentile
Low
Within state
32
th percentile
Low
National
27
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbus and the region
Centroid at 39.0817, -85.9650 · click any tract to drill in
Why Columbus scores 2.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
8.5% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,093 rent vs county FMR
3.6
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 Columbus compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 13
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 18%Socioeconomic
- 33%Household composition
- 36%Racial/ethnic minority
- 11%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 9.6%Housing insecurity
- 6.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.2%Food insecurity
- 6.4%SNAP enrollment
- 6.5%Transit barriers
- 7.8%No health insurance
- 17.4%Frequent mental distress
- 26.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Columbus
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Columbus eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Bartholomew County average of 4.5 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 9.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 13th 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 18005011500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18005011500?
Census tract 18005011500 in Columbus scores 2.8/10 (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 18005011500?
Median gross rent is $1,093/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18005011500?
8.5% of residents in tract 18005011500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 9,800.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18005011500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 13th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 18th, household 33th, minority 36th, housing 11th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 18005011500 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.6% 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. 6.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 18005011500 compare to Columbus overall?
Tract 18005011500 scores 2.8/10, higher than the parent city of Columbus at 2.3/10. 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.
Tract · IN
East Columbus
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · IN
East Columbus
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · IN
Everroad Park
4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · IN
Everroad Park
3.9
/ 10 · Low
Tract · IN
East Columbus
3.6
/ 10 · Low
Tract · IN
Flat Rock Park
3
/ 10 · Low
Tract · IN
North Columbus
3
/ 10 · Low
Tract · IN
18005011000
2.8
/ 10 · Low
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