Within neighborhood
80
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Fountain Square Eviction Risk: Moderate , Indianapolis
Tract 18097357800 · Marion County, IN · pop 1,393 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
Census tract 18097357800 covers part of the Fountain Square area of Indianapolis, IN, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,393 residents. 63% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Marion County average of 46.3%.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 34%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units678
Renter share54.1%
SVI overall0.61
Poverty rate23.6%
Median income$42,554
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
76
th percentile
High
Within county
92
th percentile
Very High
Within state
95
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Indianapolis and the region
Centroid at 39.7384, -86.1465 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fountain Square 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
23.6% poverty · this tract
5.9
Supply constraint
$993 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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 Fountain Square compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 61
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 85%Socioeconomic
- 67%Household composition
- 32%Racial/ethnic minority
- 21%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
- 22%Grade B
- 14%Grade C
- 59%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)
- 288Total filings 2020-21
- 3.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.82×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.
- 16.8%Housing insecurity
- 14.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 24.1%Food insecurity
- 18.4%SNAP enrollment
- 12.4%Transit barriers
- 12.5%No health insurance
- 20.9%Frequent mental distress
- 35.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fountain Square
The severe-burden share is 32%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.7/10.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 2/10. The poverty rate is 24%, 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. Average gross rent is $993, 14% below the Indianapolis average. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 14.6% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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. Nationally it ranks #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Social vulnerability reads 6.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the IN average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 18097357800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18097357800?
Census tract 18097357800 in the Fountain Square 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 18097357800?
Median gross rent is $993/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18097357800?
23.6% of residents in tract 18097357800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,393.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18097357800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 67th, minority 32th, housing 21th.
Q5
Is tract 18097357800 considered part of Fountain Square?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18097357800 fall within Fountain Square (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 18097357800 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.82× 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 18097357800 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.8% 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. 14.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 18097357800 compare to Indianapolis overall?
Tract 18097357800 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 18097357800 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. 59% 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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