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Castleton Eviction Risk: Lower , Indianapolis

Tract 18097330103 · Marion County, IN · pop 3,975 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

18097330103 is a census tract in the Castleton area of Indianapolis, IN. It scores 3/10 for landlords. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 8.7/10.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 26% Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units2,078
Renter share40.3%
SVI overall0.31
Poverty rate5.4%
Median income$71,458

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Castleton
Very Low
Within parent city
19 th percentile
Rank, 19th percentileLowHigh
#188 of 231 tracts In Indianapolis
Very Low
Within county
10 th percentile
Rank, 10th percentileLowHigh
#228 of 253 tracts In Marion County
Very Low
Within state
34 th percentile
Rank, 34th percentileLowHigh
#1,115 of 1,693 tracts In Indiana
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Indianapolis and the region

Centroid at 39.9199, -86.0508 · click any tract to drill in

Why Castleton scores 3

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
5.4% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,382 rent vs county FMR
5.8
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 Castleton compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Castleton risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 3301034.0Indianapolisparent city4.2Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 31

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 541Total filings 2020-21
  • 7.0Avg monthly (observed)
  • 7.2Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.97×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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 Castleton. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Castleton

Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.4/10. 36% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Marion County average of 46.3%.

On the softer side, state political climate reads 2/10. 15% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Against the Marion County average of 4.2, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.2 points. At $1,382 a month, rents run 20% over what the rest of Indianapolis commands. SNAP participation runs 4.5% against 15.2% nationally.

Food insecurity runs 9.1% against 17.8% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Social vulnerability reads 3.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the IN average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.

Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 18097330103

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18097330103?

Census tract 18097330103 in the Castleton 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 18097330103?

Median gross rent is $1,382/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 18097330103?

5.4% of residents in tract 18097330103 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,975.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 18097330103?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 26th, household 61th, minority 54th, housing 22th.
Q5

Is tract 18097330103 considered part of Castleton?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18097330103 fall within Castleton (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 18097330103 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.97× 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 18097330103 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.3% 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. 6.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 18097330103 compare to Indianapolis overall?

Tract 18097330103 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Indianapolis

Top eight tracts in Indianapolis ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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