Within neighborhood
20
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #49,882 of 84,120 nationally
Fountain Square Eviction Risk: Lower , Indianapolis
Tract 18097357000 · Marion County, IN · pop 1,913 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Census tract 18097357000 belongs to Fountain Square in Indianapolis city (balance), Indiana. It is home to 1,913 residents and scores 5.4/10, a moderate reading for landlords. It lands near the 54th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 54% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 39% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,085 monthly, set against $76,061 in average yearly household income, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 33% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units942
Renter share33.0%
SVI overall0.51
Poverty rate8.2%
Median income$76,061
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
28
th percentile
Low
Within county
31
th percentile
Low
Within state
52
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Indianapolis and the region
Centroid at 39.7462, -86.1448 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fountain Square scores 3.5
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
8.2% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,085 rent vs county FMR
3.5
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 Fountain Square compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 51
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 93%Socioeconomic
- 21%Household composition
- 12%Racial/ethnic minority
- 20%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 51%Grade B
- 0%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.
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)
- 4.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.43×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
Within Fountain Square. 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.
- 12.8%Housing insecurity
- 10.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.0%Food insecurity
- 11.0%SNAP enrollment
- 9.3%Transit barriers
- 11.0%No health insurance
- 19.8%Frequent mental distress
- 28.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fountain Square
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 8.7/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Indianapolis eviction risk city (balance), while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Marion County average of 5.4 and above the Indiana statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Part of this tract, about 29% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was B ("Still Desirable"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.43x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 18097357000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18097357000?
Census tract 18097357000 in the Fountain Square neighborhood scores 3.5/10 (Lower 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 18097357000?
Median gross rent is $1,085/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18097357000?
8.2% of residents in tract 18097357000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,913.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18097357000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 21th, minority 12th, housing 20th.
Q5
Is tract 18097357000 considered part of Fountain Square?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18097357000 fall within Fountain Square (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 18097357000 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.43× 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 18097357000 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.8% 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. 10.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 18097357000 compare to Indianapolis overall?
Tract 18097357000 scores 3.5/10, higher than the parent city of Indianapolis at 2.7/10. 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 18097357000 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 29% 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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