Neighborhood · Ranked #32,735 of 84,120 nationally
Mapleton Eviction Risk: Moderate , Indianapolis
Tract 18097322000 ·
Marion County, IN · pop 3,362 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Here is how census tract 18097322000, in Mapleton in Indianapolis eviction risk city (balance), looks to a landlord: a 5.5/10 eviction-risk score (Moderate tier) across a population of 3,362. That is riskier than about 57% of US census tracts.
About 42% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,135 monthly, set against $59,311 in average yearly household income, roughly 23% of income at the averages. Renters make up 46% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%Stable renters 27%Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units1,541
Renter share46.1%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate18.4%
Median income$59,311
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Mapleton
Moderate
Within parent city
62th percentile
#88 of 231 tracts In Indianapolis
Elevated
Within county
64th percentile
#91 of 253 tracts In Marion County
Elevated
Within state
76th percentile
#405 of 1,693 tracts In Indiana
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Indianapolis and the region
Centroid at 39.8293, -86.1683 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mapleton scores 4.5
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
18.4% poverty · this tract
4.6
Supply constraint
$1,135 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 Mapleton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 48
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
64%Socioeconomic
27%Household composition
72%Racial/ethnic minority
29%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.
17%Grade A
17%Grade B
39%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)
507Total filings 2020-21
6.6Avg monthly (observed)
5.8Pre-pandemic baseline
1.13×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–20212020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Pandemic filings ran near 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.
13.5%Housing insecurity
11.1%Utility-shutoff threat
17.1%Food insecurity
10.9%SNAP enrollment
9.3%Transit barriers
8.1%No health insurance
17.5%Frequent mental distress
28.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mapleton
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 riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 13.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 11.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 18097322000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18097322000?
Census tract 18097322000 in the Mapleton neighborhood scores 4.5/10 (Moderate 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 18097322000?
Median gross rent is $1,135/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18097322000?
18.4% of residents in tract 18097322000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,362.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18097322000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 27th, minority 72th, housing 29th.
Q5
Is tract 18097322000 considered part of Mapleton?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18097322000 fall within Mapleton (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 18097322000 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.13× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Indianapolis eviction risk, IN), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 18097322000 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.5% 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. 11.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 18097322000 compare to Indianapolis overall?
Tract 18097322000 scores 4.5/10, 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.
Q9
Was tract 18097322000 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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