Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #73,892 of 84,120 nationally
Masthead of Geist Harbours Eviction Risk: Lower , Indianapolis
Tract 18097330108 · Marion County, IN · pop 4,059 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
How risky is the Masthead of Geist Harbours area of Indianapolis city (balance) for landlords? Census tract 18097330108 scores $1/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 12% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 0% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $145,602 a year. About 8% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2
Lower
Confidence 70% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units1,565
Renter share7.5%
SVI overall0.00
Poverty rate2.2%
Median income$145,602
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
2
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
2
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
11
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Indianapolis and the region
Centroid at 39.9141, -85.9933 · click any tract to drill in
Why Masthead of Geist Harbours scores 2
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
2.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 Masthead of Geist Harbours compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 0
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 2%Socioeconomic
- 17%Household composition
- 11%Racial/ethnic minority
- 0%Housing & transportation
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)
- 10Total filings 2020-21
- 0.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 3.33×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Indianapolis, IN as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Masthead of Geist Harbours. 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.
- 4.5%Housing insecurity
- 3.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.1%Food insecurity
- 2.3%SNAP enrollment
- 3.3%Transit barriers
- 3.8%No health insurance
- 11.7%Frequent mental distress
- 20.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Masthead of Geist Harbours
The score leans hardest on 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 4.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 0th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 18097330108
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18097330108?
Census tract 18097330108 in the Masthead of Geist Harbours neighborhood scores 2/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 18097330108?
2.2% of residents in tract 18097330108 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,059.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 18097330108?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 0th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 2th, household 17th, minority 11th, housing 0th.
Q4
Is tract 18097330108 considered part of Masthead of Geist Harbours?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18097330108 fall within Masthead of Geist Harbours (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 18097330108 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 3.33× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Indianapolis eviction risk, IN), 2020-2021.
Q6
What share of households in tract 18097330108 struggle to pay rent?
About 4.5% 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. 3.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 18097330108 compare to Indianapolis overall?
Tract 18097330108 scores 2/10, lower 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.
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