Neighborhood · Ranked #24,926 of 84,120 nationally
Venerable Flackville Eviction Risk: Moderate , Indianapolis
Tract 18097340400 ·
Marion County, IN · pop 4,071 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
Tract 18097340400 covers the Venerable Flackville neighborhood of Indianapolis city (balance) in Indiana. Home to 4,071 residents, it scores 5.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 69% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 67% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 32% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,154 a month while the average household earns $44,368 a year, roughly 31% of income at the averages. About 43% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29%Stable renters 14%Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units1,376
Renter share42.8%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate21.6%
Median income$44,368
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
75th percentile
#2 of 5 tracts In Venerable Flackville
High
Within parent city
77th percentile
#54 of 231 tracts In Indianapolis
High
Within county
77th percentile
#59 of 253 tracts In Marion County
High
Within state
85th percentile
#263 of 1,693 tracts In Indiana
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Indianapolis and the region
Centroid at 39.8167, -86.2330 · click any tract to drill in
Why Venerable Flackville scores 5
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
21.6% poverty · this tract
5.4
Supply constraint
$1,154 rent vs county FMR
4.0
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 Venerable Flackville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 85
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
96%Socioeconomic
79%Household composition
83%Racial/ethnic minority
41%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
12%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)
379Total filings 2020-21
4.9Avg monthly (observed)
10.6Pre-pandemic baseline
0.47×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–20212020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
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 Venerable Flackville. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
27.3%Housing insecurity
20.1%Utility-shutoff threat
37.1%Food insecurity
25.3%SNAP enrollment
17.3%Transit barriers
25.4%No health insurance
20.7%Frequent mental distress
38.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Venerable Flackville
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 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.
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.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and Black and ranks around the 85th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 18097340400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18097340400?
Census tract 18097340400 in the Venerable Flackville neighborhood scores 5/10 (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 18097340400?
Median gross rent is $1,154/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 67% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18097340400?
21.6% of residents in tract 18097340400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,071.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18097340400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 79th, minority 83th, housing 41th.
Q5
Is tract 18097340400 considered part of Venerable Flackville?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18097340400 fall within Venerable Flackville (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 18097340400 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.47× 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 18097340400 struggle to pay rent?
About 27.3% 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. 20.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 18097340400 compare to Indianapolis overall?
Tract 18097340400 scores 5/10, 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 18097340400 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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