Within neighborhood
67
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
University Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Indianapolis
Tract 18097380502 · Marion County, IN · pop 3,975 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
With a score of 5.4/10, tract 18097380502 in the University Heights area of Indianapolis, IN reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,975. 26% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 39%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 33%
Tract context
Occupied units1,589
Renter share67.1%
SVI overall0.82
Poverty rate31.8%
Median income$40,724
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
86
th percentile
High
Within county
78
th percentile
High
Within state
95
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Indianapolis and the region
Centroid at 39.7044, -86.1255 · click any tract to drill in
Why University Heights 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
31.8% poverty · this tract
8.0
Supply constraint
$973 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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 University Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 82
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 87%Socioeconomic
- 36%Household composition
- 58%Racial/ethnic minority
- 88%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
- 39%Grade B
- 56%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 1,448Total filings 2020-21
- 18.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 14.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.29×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Indianapolis, IN as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within University Heights. 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.
- 20.5%Housing insecurity
- 17.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 31.2%Food insecurity
- 23.0%SNAP enrollment
- 16.9%Transit barriers
- 15.0%No health insurance
- 24.9%Frequent mental distress
- 38.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in University Heights
The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 8.7/10. Cost burden runs 58% here against 46.3% across Marion County.
The poverty rate is 32%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. 67% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2/10.
Food insecurity runs 31.2% against 17.8% nationally. Running hot, economic stress reads 8/10. It sits 1.2 points above the Marion County average of 4.2.
Average gross rent is $973, 16% below the Indianapolis average. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 17.0% 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 70% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 18097380502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18097380502?
Census tract 18097380502 in the University Heights 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 18097380502?
Median gross rent is $973/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18097380502?
31.8% of residents in tract 18097380502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,975.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18097380502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 87th, household 36th, minority 58th, housing 88th.
Q5
Is tract 18097380502 considered part of University Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18097380502 fall within University Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 18097380502 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.29× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Indianapolis eviction risk, IN), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 18097380502 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.5% 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. 17.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 18097380502 compare to Indianapolis overall?
Tract 18097380502 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 18097380502 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. 0% 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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