Neighborhood · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally

"Cheese Box" Eviction Risk: Moderate , Muncie

Tract 18035001100 · Delaware County, IN · pop 2,687 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

Tract 18035001100 sits in the "Cheese Box" area of Muncie eviction risk, IN, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4/10. Population here is 2,687. 36% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 22% Owners 60%

Tract context

Occupied units1,369

Renter share40.5%

SVI overall0.59

Poverty rate13.0%

Median income$47,135

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Muncie and the region

Centroid at 40.2119, -85.3895 · click any tract to drill in

Why "Cheese Box" scores 4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Muncie

4.9

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

4.3

State political climate

Indiana legislature & governorship

2.0

Economic stress

13.0% poverty · this tract

3.2

Supply constraint

$773 rent vs county FMR

2.9

Rent control risk

Inherited from Muncie

7.4

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

1.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Muncie

9.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Muncie

8.3

How "Cheese Box" compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 59

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

63%Socioeconomic
67%Household composition
30%Racial/ethnic minority
47%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
11%Grade B
14%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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within "Cheese Box". 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.

14.6%Housing insecurity
11.4%Utility-shutoff threat
19.7%Food insecurity
13.6%SNAP enrollment
10.6%Transit barriers
9.5%No health insurance
20.4%Frequent mental distress
35.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in "Cheese Box"

What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9/10. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.5/10. Running hot, housing-court posture reads 8.3/10.

At $773 a month, rents run 14% under what the rest of Muncie commands. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Muncie. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. On the national scale it lands near the 42nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.3/10. 45% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.

It tracks the Delaware County average of 4.3 closely. Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $47,135. 40% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 18035001100

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18035001100?

Census tract 18035001100 in the "Cheese Box" neighborhood scores 4/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 18035001100?

Median gross rent is $773/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 18035001100?

13.0% of residents in tract 18035001100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,687.

How socially vulnerable is tract 18035001100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 59th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 63th, household 67th, minority 30th, housing 47th.

Is tract 18035001100 considered part of "Cheese Box"?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18035001100 fall within "Cheese Box" (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 18035001100 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.6% 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. 11.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 18035001100 compare to Muncie overall?

Tract 18035001100 scores 4/10, right in line with the parent city of Muncie at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Muncie eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 18035001100 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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