North Brookside Eviction Risk: Moderate , Indianapolis
Tract 18097352600 · Marion County, IN · pop 3,460 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
With a score of 5.4/10, tract 18097352600 in the North Brookside area of Indianapolis, IN reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,460 residents. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 8.7/10.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across Indianapolis and the region
Centroid at 39.7896, -86.1095 · click any tract to drill in
Why North Brookside scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow North Brookside compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 77
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 89%Socioeconomic
- 22%Household composition
- 69%Racial/ethnic minority
- 76%Housing & transportation
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
- 70%Grade C
- 29%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.
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)
- 777Total filings 2020-21
- 10.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 18.1Pre-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.
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within North Brookside. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 20.6%Housing insecurity
- 15.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 28.0%Food insecurity
- 19.1%SNAP enrollment
- 13.8%Transit barriers
- 15.7%No health insurance
- 20.7%Frequent mental distress
- 35.1%Any disability
What drives eviction risk in North Brookside
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2/10. The poverty rate is 26%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.1/10.
Against the Marion County average of 4.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points. 13% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Food insecurity runs 28.0% against 17.8% nationally.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 15.9% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Average gross rent is $1,253, 8% above the Indianapolis average. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). 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 #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.9/10.
Statewide the IN average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.
Rent takes 30% or more of income for 48% of renters.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
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