Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally
Sherwood Forest Eviction Risk: Lower , Indianapolis
Tract 18097320203 · Marion County, IN · pop 2,698 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Tract 18097320203 sits in the Sherwood Forest area of Indianapolis eviction risk, IN, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.7/10. It is home to 2,698 residents. Severe burden reaches 28%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36%
Stable renters 42%
Owners 22%
Tract context
Occupied units1,756
Renter share78.6%
SVI overall0.42
Poverty rate7.3%
Median income$52,936
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
42
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
41
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
55
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Indianapolis and the region
Centroid at 39.9235, -86.1299 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sherwood Forest scores 3.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
7.3% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,092 rent vs county FMR
3.5
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 Sherwood Forest compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 42
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 52%Socioeconomic
- 25%Household composition
- 46%Racial/ethnic minority
- 43%Housing & transportation
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)
- 483Total filings 2020-21
- 6.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.69×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. 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.
- 9.1%Housing insecurity
- 6.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.0%Food insecurity
- 5.9%SNAP enrollment
- 6.3%Transit barriers
- 7.9%No health insurance
- 15.6%Frequent mental distress
- 26.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sherwood Forest
The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 8.7/10. 79% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.8/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2/10. SNAP participation runs 5.9% against 15.2% nationally.
That is riskier than roughly 35% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 4.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
Rent takes 30% or more of income for 46% of renters. It tracks the Marion County average of 4.2 closely. Average gross rent is $1,092, close to the Indianapolis average.
Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $52,936.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 18097320203
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18097320203?
Census tract 18097320203 in the Sherwood Forest neighborhood scores 3.7/10 (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 18097320203?
Median gross rent is $1,092/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18097320203?
7.3% of residents in tract 18097320203 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,698.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18097320203?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 42th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 52th, household 25th, minority 46th, housing 43th.
Q5
Is tract 18097320203 considered part of Sherwood Forest?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18097320203 fall within Sherwood Forest (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 18097320203 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.69× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Indianapolis eviction risk, IN), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 18097320203 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.1% 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. 6.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 18097320203 compare to Indianapolis overall?
Tract 18097320203 scores 3.7/10, lower than the parent city of Indianapolis at 4/10. 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.
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