Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Whispering Hills Eviction Risk: Lower , Indianapolis
Tract 18097361602 · Marion County, IN · pop 3,447 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
18097361602 is a census tract in the Whispering Hills area of Indianapolis, IN. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,447. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 70% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 96%
Tract context
Occupied units1,267
Renter share4.1%
SVI overall0.25
Poverty rate3.0%
Median income$81,319
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
19
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
2
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
34
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Indianapolis and the region
Centroid at 39.7411, -85.9806 · click any tract to drill in
Why Whispering Hills scores 3
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
3.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 Whispering Hills compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 25
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 25%Socioeconomic
- 80%Household composition
- 60%Racial/ethnic minority
- 5%Housing & transportation
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)
- 57Total filings 2020-21
- 0.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.7Pre-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.
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.
- 9.2%Housing insecurity
- 7.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.3%Food insecurity
- 6.7%SNAP enrollment
- 6.4%Transit barriers
- 6.4%No health insurance
- 14.8%Frequent mental distress
- 26.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Whispering Hills
Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.7/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2/10.
It sits 1.2 points below the Marion County average of 4.2. SNAP participation runs 6.7% against 15.2% nationally. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Only 4% 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. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.2/10.
Statewide the IN average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.
Poverty sits at 3%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 18097361602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18097361602?
Census tract 18097361602 in the Whispering Hills neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 18097361602?
3.0% of residents in tract 18097361602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,447.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 18097361602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 25th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 80th, minority 60th, housing 5th.
Q4
Is tract 18097361602 considered part of Whispering Hills?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18097361602 fall within Whispering Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 18097361602 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.
Q6
What share of households in tract 18097361602 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.2% 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. 7.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 18097361602 compare to Indianapolis overall?
Tract 18097361602 scores 3/10, 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.
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