Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #44,543 of 84,120 nationally
Sherwood Forest Eviction Risk: Lower , Indianapolis
Tract 18097320203 · Marion County, IN · pop 2,698 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
The Moderate-tier score of 5.2/10 for census tract 18097320203 reflects conditions in the Sherwood Forest neighborhood of Indianapolis city (balance), Indiana. It lands near the 46th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 46% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 28% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,092 monthly, set against $52,936 in average yearly household income, roughly 25% of income at the averages. Renters make up 79% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.8
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
41
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
42
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
60
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 3.8
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 heaviest input here 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 about the same as the Marion County average of 5.4 and above 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 42nd 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.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 1.69x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, above pre-pandemic levels.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
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 3.8/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
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 3.8/10, higher 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.
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