University Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Indianapolis

The score leans hardest on 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.

Severe burden reaches 14%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Average gross rent is $924, 20% below the Indianapolis average.

Food insecurity runs 26.7% against 17.8% nationally. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 14.3% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

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. That is riskier than roughly 58% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the IN average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.