Neighborhood · Ranked #68,306 of 84,120 nationally
College Crest Eviction Risk: Lower , Indianapolis
Tract 18097320107 ·
Marion County, IN · pop 2,109 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
The Moderate-tier score of 4.2/10 for census tract 18097320107 reflects conditions in the College Crest neighborhood of Indianapolis city (balance), Indiana. It lands near the 16th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 11% of renter households, a modest level, and 6% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $119,265 a year. About 18% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.4
Lower
Confidence 70% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%Stable renters 16%Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units868
Renter share17.7%
SVI overall0.03
Poverty rate1.5%
Median income$119,265
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In College Crest
Moderate
Within parent city
5th percentile
#219 of 231 tracts In Indianapolis
Very Low
Within county
7th percentile
#235 of 253 tracts In Marion County
Very Low
Within state
19th percentile
#1,364 of 1,693 tracts In Indiana
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Indianapolis and the region
Centroid at 39.9198, -86.1555 · click any tract to drill in
Why College Crest scores 2.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Indianapolis
6.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.5
State political climate
Indiana legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
1.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Indianapolis
6.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Indianapolis
8.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Indianapolis
6.8
How College Crest compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 3
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
2%Socioeconomic
8%Household composition
24%Racial/ethnic minority
15%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
2%Grade A
0%Grade B
0%Grade C
0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
13Total filings 2020-21
0.2Avg monthly (observed)
0.3Pre-pandemic baseline
0.62×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–20212020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Indianapolis, IN as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
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.
5.1%Housing insecurity
4.0%Utility-shutoff threat
5.3%Food insecurity
2.4%SNAP enrollment
3.5%Transit barriers
4.2%No health insurance
12.4%Frequent mental distress
20.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in College Crest
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.7/10. 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 inherited from Indianapolis eviction risk city (balance), while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Marion County average of 5.4 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 5.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.62x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 18097320107
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18097320107?
Census tract 18097320107 in the College Crest neighborhood scores 2.4/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 18097320107?
1.5% of residents in tract 18097320107 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,109.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 18097320107?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 3th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 2th, household 8th, minority 24th, housing 15th.
Q4
Is tract 18097320107 considered part of College Crest?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18097320107 fall within College Crest (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 18097320107 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.62× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Indianapolis eviction risk, IN), 2020-2021.
Q6
What share of households in tract 18097320107 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.1% 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. 4.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 18097320107 compare to Indianapolis overall?
Tract 18097320107 scores 2.4/10, lower than the parent city of Indianapolis at 2.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Indianapolis eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 18097320107 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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