Within neighborhood
11
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally
Old Speedway Eviction Risk: Lower , Indianapolis
Tract 18097341904 · Marion County, IN · pop 2,252 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
18097341904 is a census tract in the Old Speedway area of Indianapolis, IN. It scores 3.2/10 for landlords. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.7/10.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 41%
Tract context
Occupied units943
Renter share58.3%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate6.9%
Median income$74,205
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
26
th percentile
Low
Within county
29
th percentile
Low
Within state
40
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Indianapolis and the region
Centroid at 39.7765, -86.2590 · click any tract to drill in
Why Old Speedway scores 3.2
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
6.9% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,032 rent vs county FMR
3.0
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 Old Speedway compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 75
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 69%Socioeconomic
- 60%Household composition
- 80%Racial/ethnic minority
- 71%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
- 66%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)
- 861Total filings 2020-21
- 11.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 13.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.82×Ratio to baseline
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 Old Speedway. 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.
- 18.9%Housing insecurity
- 14.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 23.4%Food insecurity
- 14.3%SNAP enrollment
- 11.9%Transit barriers
- 13.8%No health insurance
- 19.1%Frequent mental distress
- 29.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Old Speedway
On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.7/10. The severe-burden share is 18%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2/10.
Against the Marion County average of 4.2, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points. Average gross rent is $1,032, 11% below the Indianapolis average.
This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Indianapolis. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. On the national scale it lands near the 25th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 7.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $74,205, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 48% of renters.
58% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 18097341904
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18097341904?
Census tract 18097341904 in the Old Speedway neighborhood scores 3.2/10 (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 average rent in tract 18097341904?
Median gross rent is $1,032/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18097341904?
6.9% of residents in tract 18097341904 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,252.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18097341904?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 69th, household 60th, minority 80th, housing 71th.
Q5
Is tract 18097341904 considered part of Old Speedway?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18097341904 fall within Old Speedway (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 18097341904 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.82× 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 18097341904 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.9% 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. 14.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 18097341904 compare to Indianapolis overall?
Tract 18097341904 scores 3.2/10, 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.
Q9
Was tract 18097341904 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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