Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #63,481 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 18039000801 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 18039000801 · Elkhart County, IN · pop 3,960
How risky is Elkhart for landlords? Census tract 18039000801 scores 3.7/10, the Lower tier. That is riskier than roughly 8% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 24% of renter households, a moderate level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $997 a month while the average household earns $82,961 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. Renters make up 11% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.7
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 county
25
th percentile
Low
Within state
29
th percentile
Low
National
25
th percentile
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 2.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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.
- 67%Socioeconomic
- 74%Household composition
- 7%Racial/ethnic minority
- 57%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.
- 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
The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty 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 set by Indiana eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Elkhart County average of 4.7 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 12.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 62nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 18039000801
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18039000801?
Census tract 18039000801 in Elkhart County scores 2.7/10 (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.
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