Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Elkhart Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 18039000602 · Elkhart County, IN · pop 5,664 · 14% of tract blocks fall in Elkhart

18039000602 is a census tract in Elkhart, IN. It scores 3/10 for landlords. It is home to 5,664 residents. 12% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well under the Elkhart County average of 40.7%.

Risk score

Lower

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 2% Stable renters 14% Owners 84%

Tract context

Occupied units1,612

Renter share15.9%

SVI overall0.45

Poverty rate3.8%

Median income$102,328

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Elkhart and the region

Centroid at 41.6332, -85.8419 · click any tract to drill in

Why Elkhart scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Elkhart

4.2

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

3.6

State political climate

Indiana legislature & governorship

2.0

Economic stress

3.8% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$1,145 rent vs county FMR

5.9

Rent control risk

Inherited from Elkhart

6.8

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

1.7

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Elkhart

8.9

Housing court bias

Inherited from Elkhart

7.3

How Elkhart compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 45

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

41%Socioeconomic
49%Household composition
38%Racial/ethnic minority
52%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.

10.7%Housing insecurity
7.1%Utility-shutoff threat
12.1%Food insecurity
6.0%SNAP enrollment
6.7%Transit barriers
9.3%No health insurance
18.3%Frequent mental distress
28.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Elkhart

Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.9/10.

Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.7/10. SNAP participation runs 6.0% against 15.2% nationally.

Against the Elkhart County average of 3.9, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.9 points. Average gross rent is $1,145, 15% above the Elkhart average. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

At 16% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.1/10.

Against average income of $102,328, annual rent is just 13%. Statewide the IN average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler. Poverty sits at 4%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 18039000602

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18039000602?

Census tract 18039000602 in Elkhart 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.

What is the average rent in tract 18039000602?

Median gross rent is $1,145/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 12% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 18039000602?

3.8% of residents in tract 18039000602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,664.

How socially vulnerable is tract 18039000602?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 45th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 41th, household 49th, minority 38th, housing 52th.

What share of households in tract 18039000602 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.7% 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. 7.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 18039000602 compare to Elkhart overall?

Tract 18039000602 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Elkhart at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Elkhart eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Elkhart

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