Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #61,558 of 84,120 nationally
Clearwater Eviction Risk: Lower , Indianapolis
Tract 18097320500 · Marion County, IN · pop 3,036 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
With a score of 3.3/10, tract 18097320500 in the Clearwater area of Indianapolis, IN reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,036. around two-thirds of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Marion County average of 46.3%.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units1,436
Renter share46.7%
SVI overall0.47
Poverty rate8.5%
Median income$71,481
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
29
th percentile
Low
Within county
29
th percentile
Low
Within state
43
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Indianapolis and the region
Centroid at 39.8760, -86.1103 · click any tract to drill in
Why Clearwater scores 3.3
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
8.5% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,134 rent vs county FMR
3.8
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 47
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 58%Socioeconomic
- 70%Household composition
- 49%Racial/ethnic minority
- 18%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 100%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)
- 567Total filings 2020-21
- 7.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.61×Ratio to 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.
- 7.7%Housing insecurity
- 6.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.7%Food insecurity
- 5.6%SNAP enrollment
- 5.8%Transit barriers
- 6.0%No health insurance
- 15.0%Frequent mental distress
- 25.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Clearwater
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.7/10. The severe-burden share is 25%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 2/10. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.1/10.
SNAP participation runs 5.6% against 15.2% nationally. Against the Marion County average of 4.2, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.9 points. Food insecurity runs 9.7% against 17.8% nationally.
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 #61,558 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 18097320500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18097320500?
Census tract 18097320500 in the Clearwater neighborhood scores 3.3/10 (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 18097320500?
Median gross rent is $1,134/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18097320500?
8.5% of residents in tract 18097320500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,036.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18097320500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 47th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 58th, household 70th, minority 49th, housing 18th.
Q5
Is tract 18097320500 considered part of Clearwater?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18097320500 fall within Clearwater (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 18097320500 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.61× 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 18097320500 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.7% 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. 6.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 18097320500 compare to Indianapolis overall?
Tract 18097320500 scores 3.3/10, 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 18097320500 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. 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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