Within parent city
65
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #34,278 of 84,120 nationally
Indianapolis Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 18097342400 · Marion County, IN · pop 1,621
With a score of 4.9/10, tract 18097342400 in Indianapolis, IN reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 1,621. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.7/10.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units524
Renter share32.3%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate22.0%
Median income$57,045
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
68
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
83
th percentile
High
National
59
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Indianapolis and the region
Centroid at 39.7391, -86.2184 · click any tract to drill in
Why Indianapolis scores 4.9
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
22.0% poverty · this tract
5.5
Supply constraint
$905 rent vs county FMR
2.1
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: 84
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 92%Socioeconomic
- 66%Household composition
- 46%Racial/ethnic minority
- 74%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
- 0%Grade C
- 100%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)
- 147Total filings 2020-21
- 1.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.4Pre-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
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.
- 18.1%Housing insecurity
- 13.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 26.9%Food insecurity
- 17.9%SNAP enrollment
- 12.6%Transit barriers
- 17.8%No health insurance
- 21.6%Frequent mental distress
- 39.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Indianapolis
Running cool, state political climate reads 2/10. At $905 a month, rents run 22% under what the rest of Indianapolis commands.
On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.1/10. The poverty rate is 22%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Severe burden reaches 13%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Food insecurity runs 26.9% against 17.8% nationally.
It sits 0.7 points above the Marion County average of 4.2. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.
Nationally it ranks #34,278 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.5/10. Statewide the IN average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 18097342400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18097342400?
Census tract 18097342400 in Indianapolis scores 4.9/10 (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 18097342400?
Median gross rent is $905/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18097342400?
22.0% of residents in tract 18097342400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,621.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18097342400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 66th, minority 46th, housing 74th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 18097342400 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.
Q6
What share of households in tract 18097342400 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.1% 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. 13.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 18097342400 compare to Indianapolis overall?
Tract 18097342400 scores 4.9/10, higher 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.
Q8
Was tract 18097342400 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 100% 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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