Chesterton Eviction Risk: Lower , Indianapolis

This is renter territory: 93% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.7/10.

On the softer side, state political climate reads 2/10. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.1/10. Disability prevalence runs 19.5% against 31.5% nationally.

SNAP participation runs 3.9% against 15.2% nationally. Average gross rent is $1,328, 15% above the Indianapolis average.

Severe burden reaches 9%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Against the Marion County average of 4.2, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.7 points. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Indianapolis. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

Nationally it ranks #57,812 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 2.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.