Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally
Meridian Kessler Eviction Risk: Lower , Indianapolis
Tract 18097322300 · Marion County, IN · pop 2,327 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
The Meridian Kessler area of Indianapolis city (balance) anchors census tract 18097322300, which lands at 4.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 16% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 8% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 6% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,304 a month against an average household income of $108,264 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. Renters make up 36% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 33%
Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units1,027
Renter share35.5%
SVI overall0.01
Poverty rate7.1%
Median income$108,264
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
14
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
16
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
32
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Indianapolis and the region
Centroid at 39.8433, -86.1476 · click any tract to drill in
Why Meridian Kessler scores 2.8
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
7.1% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,304 rent vs county FMR
5.2
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 Meridian Kessler compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 1
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 6%Socioeconomic
- 7%Household composition
- 34%Racial/ethnic minority
- 1%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.
- 89%Grade A
- 10%Grade B
- 1%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)
- 44Total filings 2020-21
- 0.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.86×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Indianapolis, IN as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Meridian Kessler. 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.
- 6.9%Housing insecurity
- 5.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.6%Food insecurity
- 3.9%SNAP enrollment
- 4.8%Transit barriers
- 5.7%No health insurance
- 15.4%Frequent mental distress
- 19.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Meridian Kessler
What moves this score most 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 below the Marion County average of 5.4 and below the Indiana statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.86x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
In CDC survey modeling, about 6.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 18097322300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18097322300?
Census tract 18097322300 in the Meridian Kessler neighborhood scores 2.8/10 (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 18097322300?
Median gross rent is $1,304/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 8% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18097322300?
7.1% of residents in tract 18097322300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,327.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18097322300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 1th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 7th, minority 34th, housing 1th.
Q5
Is tract 18097322300 considered part of Meridian Kessler?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18097322300 fall within Meridian Kessler (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 18097322300 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.86× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Indianapolis eviction risk, IN), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 18097322300 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.9% 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. 5.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 18097322300 compare to Indianapolis overall?
Tract 18097322300 scores 2.8/10, right in line with 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 18097322300 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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