Watson Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Indianapolis

Running cool, state political climate reads 2/10. Severe burden reaches 16%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.1/10.

The poverty rate is 21%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. It sits 0.8 points above the Marion County average of 4.2.

This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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. Nationally it ranks #32,842 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.1/10. Statewide the IN average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.1 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

Rent takes 30% or more of income for 43% of renters. Average gross rent is $1,080, close to the Indianapolis average.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.