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Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Clearwater Eviction Risk: Lower , Indianapolis

Tract 18097320301 · Marion County, IN · pop 3,657 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

With a score of 3/10, tract 18097320301 in the Clearwater area of Indianapolis, IN reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,657 residents. Average gross rent is $1,716, 48% above the Indianapolis average.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8% Stable renters 11% Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units1,847
Renter share18.5%
SVI overall0.07
Poverty rate8.4%
Median income$82,535

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Clearwater
Very Low
Within parent city
19 th percentile
Rank, 19th percentileLowHigh
#187 of 231 tracts In Indianapolis
Very Low
Within county
15 th percentile
Rank, 15th percentileLowHigh
#215 of 253 tracts In Marion County
Very Low
Within state
34 th percentile
Rank, 34th percentileLowHigh
#1,115 of 1,693 tracts In Indiana
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Indianapolis and the region

Centroid at 39.8862, -86.1074 · click any tract to drill in

Why Clearwater scores 3

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
8.4% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,716 rent vs county FMR
8.4
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 Clearwater compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Clearwater risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 3203014.0Indianapolisparent city4.2Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 7

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

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)

  • 115Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.5Avg monthly (observed)
  • 1.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.56×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Indianapolis, IN as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Clearwater. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Clearwater

The voucher gap is 33.8%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.7/10.

On the high side, supply constraint reads 8.4/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2/10. SNAP participation runs 2.8% against 15.2% nationally.

14% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. It sits 1.2 points below the Marion County average of 4.2. Cost burden runs 42% here against 46.3% across Marion County.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.9% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

At 18% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 18097320301

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18097320301?

Census tract 18097320301 in the Clearwater neighborhood scores 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 18097320301?

Median gross rent is $1,716/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 18097320301?

8.4% of residents in tract 18097320301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,657.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 18097320301?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 7th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 14th, household 27th, minority 19th, housing 7th.
Q5

Is tract 18097320301 considered part of Clearwater?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18097320301 fall within Clearwater (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 18097320301 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.56× 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 18097320301 struggle to pay rent?

About 4.8% 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. 3.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 18097320301 compare to Indianapolis overall?

Tract 18097320301 scores 3/10, 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.
Q9

Was tract 18097320301 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 7% 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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