Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #61,558 of 84,120 nationally
Fortville Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 18059410202 · Hancock County, IN · pop 6,693 · 69% of tract blocks fall in Fortville
Tract 18059410202 sits in Fortville, IN, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.3/10. Population here is 6,693. roughly one in four of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Hancock County average of 39.7%.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units2,509
Renter share21.5%
SVI overall0.38
Poverty rate3.3%
Median income$86,250
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
36
th percentile
Low
Within state
43
th percentile
Moderate
National
27
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fortville and the region
Centroid at 39.9101, -85.8367 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fortville scores 3.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Fortville
3.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.1
State political climate
Indiana legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
3.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,118 rent vs county FMR
3.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fortville
3.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fortville
5.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fortville
2.8
How Fortville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 38
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 44%Socioeconomic
- 20%Household composition
- 15%Racial/ethnic minority
- 60%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.
- 9.9%Housing insecurity
- 6.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.0%Food insecurity
- 6.8%SNAP enrollment
- 6.7%Transit barriers
- 8.0%No health insurance
- 18.1%Frequent mental distress
- 30.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fortville
The clearest offset is economic stress at 1/10. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.6/10.
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2/10. SNAP participation runs 6.8% against 15.2% nationally.
On the national scale it lands near the 27th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 21% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 4.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $86,250, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
Poverty sits at 3%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. It tracks the Hancock County average of 3.5 closely.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 18059410202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18059410202?
Census tract 18059410202 in Fortville scores 3.3/10 (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 18059410202?
Median gross rent is $1,118/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 23% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18059410202?
3.3% of residents in tract 18059410202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,693.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18059410202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 38th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 44th, household 20th, minority 15th, housing 60th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 18059410202 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.9% 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. 6.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 18059410202 compare to Fortville overall?
Tract 18059410202 scores 3.3/10, right in line with the parent city of Fortville at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fortville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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