Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #54,934 of 84,120 nationally
Valley Mills Eviction Risk: Lower , Indianapolis
Tract 18097370306 · Marion County, IN · pop 5,663 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
Tract 18097370306 covers the Valley Mills area of Indianapolis city (balance) in Indiana. Home to 5,663 residents, it scores $1/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 39% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 30% of renter households, a high level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,692 a month while the average household earns $84,566 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. About 10% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units1,930
Renter share9.7%
SVI overall0.15
Poverty rate7.6%
Median income$84,566
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
20
th percentile
Low
Within county
22
th percentile
Low
Within state
42
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Indianapolis and the region
Centroid at 39.6812, -86.2576 · click any tract to drill in
Why Valley Mills scores 3.2
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
7.6% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,692 rent vs county FMR
8.2
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 Valley Mills compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 15
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 24%Socioeconomic
- 83%Household composition
- 32%Racial/ethnic minority
- 1%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)
- 360Total filings 2020-21
- 4.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.40×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Indianapolis, IN as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Valley Mills. 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.
- 10.5%Housing insecurity
- 7.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.6%Food insecurity
- 6.9%SNAP enrollment
- 7.1%Transit barriers
- 8.4%No health insurance
- 18.3%Frequent mental distress
- 26.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Valley Mills
The score leans hardest on 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 below the Marion County average of 5.4 and in line with the Indiana statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 15th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 1.40x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, above pre-pandemic levels.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 18097370306
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18097370306?
Census tract 18097370306 in the Valley Mills neighborhood scores 3.2/10 (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 18097370306?
Median gross rent is $1,692/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18097370306?
7.6% of residents in tract 18097370306 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,663.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18097370306?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 15th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 24th, household 83th, minority 32th, housing 1th.
Q5
Is tract 18097370306 considered part of Valley Mills?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18097370306 fall within Valley Mills (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 18097370306 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.40× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Indianapolis eviction risk, IN), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 18097370306 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.5% 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. 7.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 18097370306 compare to Indianapolis overall?
Tract 18097370306 scores 3.2/10, 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.
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