Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #16,850 of 84,120 nationally
Devington Eviction Risk: Moderate , Indianapolis
Tract 18097331000 · Marion County, IN · pop 4,142 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
How risky is the Devington area of Indianapolis city (balance) for landlords? Census tract 18097331000 scores 6.4/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than about 85% of US census tracts.
About 78% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 53% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,443 a month while the average household earns $46,761 a year, roughly 37% of income at the averages. Renters make up 51% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 40%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units1,636
Renter share51.3%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate36.3%
Median income$46,761
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
90
th percentile
Very High
Within county
92
th percentile
Very High
Within state
94
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Indianapolis and the region
Centroid at 39.8329, -86.0743 · click any tract to drill in
Why Devington scores 5.6
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
36.3% poverty · this tract
9.1
Supply constraint
$1,443 rent vs county FMR
6.2
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 Devington compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 90
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 96%Socioeconomic
- 99%Household composition
- 96%Racial/ethnic minority
- 24%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 100%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)
- 496Total filings 2020-21
- 6.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 11.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.56×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 Devington. 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.
- 30.2%Housing insecurity
- 27.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 44.2%Food insecurity
- 38.6%SNAP enrollment
- 21.1%Transit barriers
- 16.5%No health insurance
- 20.6%Frequent mental distress
- 47.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Devington
What moves this score most is economic stress at 9.1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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 above the Marion County average of 5.4 and above the Indiana statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.56x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 18097331000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18097331000?
Census tract 18097331000 in the Devington neighborhood scores 5.6/10 (Moderate 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 18097331000?
Median gross rent is $1,443/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 78% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18097331000?
36.3% of residents in tract 18097331000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,142.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18097331000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 99th, minority 96th, housing 24th.
Q5
Is tract 18097331000 considered part of Devington?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18097331000 fall within Devington (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 18097331000 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.56× 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 18097331000 struggle to pay rent?
About 30.2% 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. 27.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 18097331000 compare to Indianapolis overall?
Tract 18097331000 scores 5.6/10, higher 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.
Q9
Was tract 18097331000 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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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