Census Tract · Ranked #52,479 of 84,120 nationally

Elkhart Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 18039001602 · Elkhart County, IN · pop 4,564 · 47% of tract blocks fall in Elkhart

Census tract 18039001602 covers part of Elkhart, IN, and scores 3.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. 40% 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

3.8

Lower

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 12% Owners 73%

Tract context

Occupied units1,772

Renter share27.0%

SVI overall0.29

Poverty rate13.2%

Median income$81,339

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Elkhart and the region

Centroid at 41.7291, -85.9894 · click any tract to drill in

Why Elkhart scores 3.8

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

13.2% poverty · this tract

3.3

Supply constraint

$1,086 rent vs county FMR

5.3

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: 29

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

32%Socioeconomic
37%Household composition
35%Racial/ethnic minority
31%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.

12.8%Housing insecurity
9.1%Utility-shutoff threat
16.1%Food insecurity
9.3%SNAP enrollment
8.4%Transit barriers
10.4%No health insurance
19.0%Frequent mental distress
34.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Elkhart

Against Elkhart County at 40.7%, 56% of renters here are cost-burdened. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 8.9/10.

On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.7/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 2/10.

At $1,086 a month, rents run 9% over what the rest of Elkhart commands. On the national scale it lands near the 38th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 3.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Against average income of $81,339, annual rent is just 16%. It tracks the Elkhart County average of 3.9 closely.

27% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 18039001602

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18039001602?

Census tract 18039001602 in Elkhart scores 3.8/10 (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 18039001602?

Median gross rent is $1,086/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 18039001602?

13.2% of residents in tract 18039001602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,564.

How socially vulnerable is tract 18039001602?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 29th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 32th, household 37th, minority 35th, housing 31th.

What share of households in tract 18039001602 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.8% 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. 9.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 18039001602 compare to Elkhart overall?

Tract 18039001602 scores 3.8/10, right in line with 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.