Within neighborhood
40
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #44,543 of 84,120 nationally
Fountain Square Eviction Risk: Lower , Indianapolis
Tract 18097357100 · Marion County, IN · pop 1,993 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
The Fountain Square area of Indianapolis city (balance) is where census tract 18097357100 sits, home to 1,993 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.6/10. On the national scale it ranks #32,633 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
52% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 10% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,190 a month against an average household income of $81,389 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 50% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units994
Renter share50.1%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate14.4%
Median income$81,389
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
42
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
45
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
60
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Indianapolis and the region
Centroid at 39.7476, -86.1359 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fountain Square scores 3.8
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
14.4% poverty · this tract
3.6
Supply constraint
$1,190 rent vs county FMR
4.3
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 Fountain Square compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 52
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 75%Socioeconomic
- 17%Household composition
- 36%Racial/ethnic minority
- 46%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 3%Grade B
- 35%Grade C
- 44%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)
- 197Total filings 2020-21
- 2.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.70×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. 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.
- 10.8%Housing insecurity
- 7.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.5%Food insecurity
- 7.5%SNAP enrollment
- 7.6%Transit barriers
- 9.9%No health insurance
- 18.1%Frequent mental distress
- 25.0%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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.70x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 18097357100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18097357100?
Census tract 18097357100 in the Fountain Square neighborhood scores 3.8/10 (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 18097357100?
Median gross rent is $1,190/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18097357100?
14.4% of residents in tract 18097357100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,993.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18097357100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 17th, minority 36th, housing 46th.
Q5
Is tract 18097357100 considered part of Fountain Square?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18097357100 fall within Fountain Square (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 18097357100 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.70× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Indianapolis eviction risk, IN), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 18097357100 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.8% 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. 7.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 18097357100 compare to Indianapolis overall?
Tract 18097357100 scores 3.8/10, 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 18097357100 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 44% 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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