Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Robson-Voorhees Eviction Risk: Moderate , Indianapolis
Tract 18097355100 · Marion County, IN · pop 2,083 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Census tract 18097355100 covers part of the Robson-Voorhees area of Indianapolis, IN, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,083 residents. 53% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 54%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 25%
Tract context
Occupied units974
Renter share75.3%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate54.3%
Median income$19,643
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
84
th percentile
High
Within county
91
th percentile
Very High
Within state
95
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Indianapolis and the region
Centroid at 39.7710, -86.1012 · click any tract to drill in
Why Robson-Voorhees scores 5.4
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
54.3% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$807 rent vs county FMR
1.3
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 Robson-Voorhees compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 94
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 100%Socioeconomic
- 92%Household composition
- 66%Racial/ethnic minority
- 59%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
- 93%Grade C
- 8%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)
- 456Total filings 2020-21
- 5.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 9.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.60×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.
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.
- 32.1%Housing insecurity
- 29.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 47.7%Food insecurity
- 43.5%SNAP enrollment
- 24.4%Transit barriers
- 22.6%No health insurance
- 25.4%Frequent mental distress
- 47.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Robson-Voorhees
Cost burden runs 72% here against 46.3% across Marion County. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10.
SNAP participation runs 43.5% against 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 54%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Annualized rent equals 49% of average household income of $19,643, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 29.1% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.3/10.
75% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. At $807 a month, rents run 30% under what the rest of Indianapolis commands. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.7/10.
It sits 1.2 points above the Marion County average of 4.2.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 18097355100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18097355100?
Census tract 18097355100 in the Robson-Voorhees neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (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 18097355100?
Median gross rent is $807/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 72% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18097355100?
54.3% of residents in tract 18097355100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,083.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18097355100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 100th, household 92th, minority 66th, housing 59th.
Q5
Is tract 18097355100 considered part of Robson-Voorhees?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18097355100 fall within Robson-Voorhees (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 18097355100 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.60× 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 18097355100 struggle to pay rent?
About 32.1% 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. 29.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 18097355100 compare to Indianapolis overall?
Tract 18097355100 scores 5.4/10, 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 18097355100 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. 8% 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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