Within parent city
60
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #34,332 of 84,120 nationally
Indianapolis Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 18097340112 · Marion County, IN · pop 4,205 · 90% of tract blocks fall in Indianapolis
In Indianapolis city (balance), census tract 18097340112 scores 5.7/10 for eviction risk. It lands near the 65th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
63% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 45% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,220 a month against an average household income of $51,847 a year, roughly 28% of income at the averages. Renters make up 49% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units2,259
Renter share48.8%
SVI overall0.54
Poverty rate16.0%
Median income$51,847
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
62
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
74
th percentile
Elevated
National
59
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Indianapolis and the region
Centroid at 39.8120, -86.3017 · click any tract to drill in
Why Indianapolis scores 4.4
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
16.0% poverty · this tract
4.0
Supply constraint
$1,220 rent vs county FMR
4.5
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 Indianapolis compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 54
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 40%Socioeconomic
- 54%Household composition
- 66%Racial/ethnic minority
- 63%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)
- 2,633Total filings 2020-21
- 34.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 26.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.31×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
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.
- 15.0%Housing insecurity
- 12.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.5%Food insecurity
- 11.9%SNAP enrollment
- 10.0%Transit barriers
- 9.1%No health insurance
- 18.6%Frequent mental distress
- 29.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Indianapolis
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 about the same as 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.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 54th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 1.31x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, above pre-pandemic levels.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 18097340112
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18097340112?
Census tract 18097340112 in Indianapolis scores 4.4/10 (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 18097340112?
Median gross rent is $1,220/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18097340112?
16.0% of residents in tract 18097340112 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,205.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18097340112?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 54th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 40th, household 54th, minority 66th, housing 63th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 18097340112 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.31× 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 18097340112 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.0% 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. 12.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 18097340112 compare to Indianapolis overall?
Tract 18097340112 scores 4.4/10, 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.
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