Meridian Kessler Eviction Risk: Lower , Indianapolis

Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.7/10. 19% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Disability prevalence runs 17.4% against 31.5% nationally. At $1,429 a month, rents run 24% over what the rest of Indianapolis commands.

Running cool, state political climate reads 2/10. Against the Marion County average of 4.2, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.2 points. Housing insecurity runs 4.5% against 14.2% nationally.

In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground A ("Best"). 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. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 20% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

Social vulnerability reads 1.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Against average income of $139,023, annual rent is just 12%.

Statewide the IN average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.

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