About 72% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 50% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $992 a month while the average household earns $38,815 a year, roughly 31% of income at the averages. About 57% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 41%Stable renters 16%Owners 43%
Tract context
Occupied units1,057
Renter share57.0%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate46.0%
Median income$38,815
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100th percentile
#1 of 5 tracts In International Marketplace
Very High
Within parent city
93th percentile
#17 of 231 tracts In Indianapolis
Very High
Within county
93th percentile
#18 of 253 tracts In Marion County
Very High
Within state
96th percentile
#62 of 1,693 tracts In Indiana
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Indianapolis and the region
Centroid at 39.8203, -86.2481 · click any tract to drill in
Why International Marketplace scores 5.7
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
46.0% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$992 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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 International Marketplace compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 86
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
99%Socioeconomic
87%Household composition
85%Racial/ethnic minority
23%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)
494Total filings 2020-21
6.4Avg monthly (observed)
8.4Pre-pandemic baseline
0.76×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–20212020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
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 International Marketplace. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
31.6%Housing insecurity
24.6%Utility-shutoff threat
44.5%Food insecurity
34.0%SNAP enrollment
21.1%Transit barriers
28.0%No health insurance
21.9%Frequent mental distress
42.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in International Marketplace
What moves this score most is economic stress at $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 0.76x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
In CDC survey modeling, about 31.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 24.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
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 18097340301
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18097340301?
Census tract 18097340301 in the International Marketplace neighborhood scores 5.7/10 (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 18097340301?
Median gross rent is $992/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 72% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18097340301?
46.0% of residents in tract 18097340301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,259.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18097340301?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 87th, minority 85th, housing 23th.
Q5
Is tract 18097340301 considered part of International Marketplace?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18097340301 fall within International Marketplace (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 18097340301 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.76× 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 18097340301 struggle to pay rent?
About 31.6% 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. 24.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 18097340301 compare to Indianapolis overall?
Tract 18097340301 scores 5.7/10, 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Indianapolis
Top eight tracts in Indianapolis ranked by composite eviction-risk score.