Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Watson Park Eviction Risk: Lower , Indianapolis
Tract 18097322100 · Marion County, IN · pop 3,082 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
18097322100 is a census tract in the Watson Park area of Indianapolis, IN. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Cost burden runs about one in five here against 46.3% across Marion County.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units930
Renter share20.4%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate14.5%
Median income$108,250
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
15
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
12
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
34
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Indianapolis and the region
Centroid at 39.8290, -86.1477 · click any tract to drill in
Why Watson Park scores 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
14.5% poverty · this tract
3.6
Supply constraint
$1,238 rent vs county FMR
4.6
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 Watson Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 39
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 31%Socioeconomic
- 64%Household composition
- 67%Racial/ethnic minority
- 27%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 50%Grade A
- 50%Grade B
- 0%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)
- 158Total filings 2020-21
- 2.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.64×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Indianapolis, IN as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Watson Park. 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.
- 10.1%Housing insecurity
- 8.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.5%Food insecurity
- 6.7%SNAP enrollment
- 6.6%Transit barriers
- 6.1%No health insurance
- 15.4%Frequent mental distress
- 23.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Watson Park
What pushes it up most 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. Against the Marion County average of 4.2, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.2 points.
Severe burden reaches 13%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. SNAP participation runs 6.7% against 15.2% nationally. This ground was mapped A ("Best") 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.
That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. At 20% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.5/10. Against average income of $108,250, annual rent is just 14%. Statewide the IN average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 18097322100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18097322100?
Census tract 18097322100 in the Watson Park 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 18097322100?
Median gross rent is $1,238/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 21% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18097322100?
14.5% of residents in tract 18097322100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,082.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18097322100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 31th, household 64th, minority 67th, housing 27th.
Q5
Is tract 18097322100 considered part of Watson Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18097322100 fall within Watson Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 18097322100 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.64× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Indianapolis eviction risk, IN), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 18097322100 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.1% 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. 8.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 18097322100 compare to Indianapolis overall?
Tract 18097322100 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 18097322100 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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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