Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #56,048 of 84,120 nationally
Washington Place Eviction Risk: Lower , Indianapolis
Tract 18097361300 · Marion County, IN · pop 2,210 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
With a score of 3.6/10, tract 18097361300 in the Washington Place area of Indianapolis, IN reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,210 residents. Against Marion County at 46.3%, 27% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units986
Renter share21.4%
SVI overall0.42
Poverty rate9.7%
Median income$66,045
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
37
th percentile
Low
Within county
38
th percentile
Low
Within state
53
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Indianapolis and the region
Centroid at 39.7667, -86.0358 · click any tract to drill in
Why Washington Place scores 3.6
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
9.7% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,137 rent vs county FMR
3.9
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 Washington Place compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 42
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 53%Socioeconomic
- 32%Household composition
- 38%Racial/ethnic minority
- 40%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
- 45%Grade C
- 6%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)
- 394Total filings 2020-21
- 5.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 7.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.71×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 Washington Place. 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.
- 12.3%Housing insecurity
- 9.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.9%Food insecurity
- 9.1%SNAP enrollment
- 8.3%Transit barriers
- 10.4%No health insurance
- 19.1%Frequent mental distress
- 31.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Washington Place
What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.7/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2/10.
Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.1/10. Against the Marion County average of 4.2, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.6 points.
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. Nationally it ranks #56,048 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Only 21% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Average gross rent is $1,137, close to the Indianapolis average.
Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $66,045.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 18097361300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18097361300?
Census tract 18097361300 in the Washington Place neighborhood scores 3.6/10 (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 18097361300?
Median gross rent is $1,137/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18097361300?
9.7% of residents in tract 18097361300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,210.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18097361300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 42th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 32th, minority 38th, housing 40th.
Q5
Is tract 18097361300 considered part of Washington Place?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18097361300 fall within Washington Place (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 18097361300 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.71× 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 18097361300 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.3% 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. 9.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 18097361300 compare to Indianapolis overall?
Tract 18097361300 scores 3.6/10, lower 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 18097361300 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. 6% 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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