Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 18039000801 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 18039000801 ·
Elkhart County, IN · pop 3,960
With a score of 3/10, tract 18039000801 in Elkhart County, IN reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Against Elkhart County at 40.7%, 24% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 65% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%Stable renters 8%Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units1,036
Renter share10.5%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate7.3%
Median income$82,961
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
50th percentile
#2 of 3 tracts In city
Moderate
Within county
34th percentile
#30 of 45 tracts In Elkhart County
Low
Within state
34th percentile
#1,115 of 1,693 tracts In Indiana
Low
National
20th percentile
#67,219 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Elkhart County and the region
Centroid at 41.6692, -85.6837 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 18039000801 scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
State baseline
2.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.6
State political climate
Indiana legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
7.3% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$997 rent vs county FMR
4.5
Rent control risk
State baseline
2.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 18039000801 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 62
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
12.6%Housing insecurity
8.6%Utility-shutoff threat
17.3%Food insecurity
10.4%SNAP enrollment
8.9%Transit barriers
11.6%No health insurance
20.5%Frequent mental distress
38.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 18039000801
Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1.8/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2/10. Running cool, local political climate reads 2/10.
The severe-burden share is 15%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. It sits 0.9 points below the Elkhart County average of 3.9. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Only 11% 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 6.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Against average income of $82,961, annual rent is just 14%.
Statewide the IN average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
Model confidence here is 65%, lower than typical because some ACS inputs for this tract carry wide margins of error, so read the score as a band, not a point. Average gross rent runs $997 a month.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 18039000801
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18039000801?
Census tract 18039000801 in Elkhart County 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 18039000801?
Median gross rent is $997/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 24% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18039000801?
7.3% of residents in tract 18039000801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,960.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18039000801?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 67th, household 74th, minority 7th, housing 57th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 18039000801 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.6% 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. 8.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.