Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Wakarusa Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 18039001301 · Elkhart County, IN · pop 3,379 · 47% of tract blocks fall in Wakarusa
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 18039001301 (Wakarusa, Indiana) comes in at 3.5/10, the Lower tier. That is riskier than about 6% of US census tracts.
21% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,147 a month while the average household earns $78,333 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 10% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units1,096
Renter share10.5%
SVI overall0.51
Poverty rate6.9%
Median income$78,333
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
18
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
22
th percentile
Low
National
21
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wakarusa and the region
Centroid at 41.5723, -86.0321 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wakarusa scores 2.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Wakarusa
4.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.6
State political climate
Indiana legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
6.9% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,147 rent vs county FMR
5.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wakarusa
2.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wakarusa
3.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wakarusa
3.6
How Wakarusa compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 51
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 50%Socioeconomic
- 17%Household composition
- 20%Racial/ethnic minority
- 86%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.
- 8.9%Housing insecurity
- 6.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.8%Food insecurity
- 5.8%SNAP enrollment
- 6.1%Transit barriers
- 7.7%No health insurance
- 17.4%Frequent mental distress
- 32.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wakarusa
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 5.9/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Wakarusa, 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 51st 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
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 18039001301
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18039001301?
Census tract 18039001301 in Wakarusa scores 2.5/10 (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 18039001301?
Median gross rent is $1,147/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 21% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18039001301?
6.9% of residents in tract 18039001301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,379.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18039001301?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 50th, household 17th, minority 20th, housing 86th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 18039001301 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.9% 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. 6.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 18039001301 compare to Wakarusa overall?
Tract 18039001301 scores 2.5/10, right in line with the parent city of Wakarusa at 2.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wakarusa; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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