Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Masthead of Geist Harbours Eviction Risk: Lower , Indianapolis
Tract 18097330203 · Marion County, IN · pop 5,055 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
With a score of 3/10, tract 18097330203 in the Masthead of Geist Harbours area of Indianapolis, IN reads lower for landlord eviction risk. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 70% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 2%
Owners 98%
Tract context
Occupied units1,862
Renter share2.3%
SVI overall0.00
Poverty rate3.1%
Median income$188,984
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
14
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
34
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Indianapolis and the region
Centroid at 39.9168, -85.9655 · click any tract to drill in
Why Masthead of Geist Harbours 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
3.1% 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.
- 1%Socioeconomic
- 16%Household composition
- 17%Racial/ethnic minority
- 1%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)
- 18Total filings 2020-21
- 0.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.71×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
- 3.6%No health insurance
- 11.7%Frequent mental distress
- 19.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Masthead of Geist Harbours
Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.7/10. SNAP participation runs 2.3% against 15.2% nationally.
Running cool, state political climate reads 2/10. Against the Marion County average of 4.2, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.2 points. Adults with no health insurance runs 3.6% against 11.3% nationally.
That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. At 2% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Statewide the IN average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 3%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 18097330203
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18097330203?
Census tract 18097330203 in the Masthead of Geist Harbours 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 poverty rate in tract 18097330203?
3.1% of residents in tract 18097330203 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,055.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 18097330203?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 0th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 1th, household 16th, minority 17th, housing 1th.
Q4
Is tract 18097330203 considered part of Masthead of Geist Harbours?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18097330203 fall within Masthead of Geist Harbours (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 18097330203 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.71× 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 18097330203 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 18097330203 compare to Indianapolis overall?
Tract 18097330203 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.
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