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Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally

Willard Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Indianapolis

Tract 18097354500 · Marion County, IN · pop 2,069 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

With a score of 5.1/10, tract 18097354500 in the Willard Park area of Indianapolis, IN reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,069 residents. Cost burden runs roughly one in three here against 46.3% across Marion County.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 37% Owners 45%
Tract context
Occupied units859
Renter share54.8%
SVI overall0.63
Poverty rate27.2%
Median income$73,438

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Willard Park
Moderate
Within parent city
68 th percentile
Rank, 68th percentileLowHigh
#74 of 231 tracts In Indianapolis
Elevated
Within county
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#74 of 253 tracts In Marion County
Elevated
Within state
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#256 of 1,693 tracts In Indiana
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Indianapolis and the region

Centroid at 39.7735, -86.1291 · click any tract to drill in

Why Willard Park scores 5.1

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
27.2% poverty · this tract
6.8
Supply constraint
$1,122 rent vs county FMR
3.7
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 Willard Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Willard Park risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.1This tracttract 3545004.0Indianapolisparent city4.2Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 63

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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)

  • 343Total filings 2020-21
  • 4.5Avg monthly (observed)
  • 6.8Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.65×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Indianapolis, IN as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Willard Park

The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 8.7/10. 22% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The poverty rate is 27%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Running cool, state political climate reads 2/10. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.1/10.

It sits 0.9 points above the Marion County average of 4.2. 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 63rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 6.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the IN average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 18097354500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18097354500?

Census tract 18097354500 in the Willard Park neighborhood scores 5.1/10 (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 18097354500?

Median gross rent is $1,122/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 18097354500?

27.2% of residents in tract 18097354500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,069.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 18097354500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 30th, minority 57th, housing 49th.
Q5

Is tract 18097354500 considered part of Willard Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18097354500 fall within Willard Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 18097354500 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.65× 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 18097354500 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.5% 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. 12.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 18097354500 compare to Indianapolis overall?

Tract 18097354500 scores 5.1/10, 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.
Q9

Was tract 18097354500 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. 9% 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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