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Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Wanamaker Eviction Risk: Lower , Indianapolis

Tract 18097390104 · Marion County, IN · pop 7,145 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

Tract 18097390104 sits in the Wanamaker area of Indianapolis eviction risk, IN, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. Against Marion County at 46.3%, 28% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5% Stable renters 13% Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units2,612
Renter share18.3%
SVI overall0.16
Poverty rate12.0%
Median income$94,722

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Wanamaker
Very High
Within parent city
19 th percentile
Rank, 19th percentileLowHigh
#188 of 231 tracts In Indianapolis
Very Low
Within county
18 th percentile
Rank, 18th percentileLowHigh
#209 of 253 tracts In Marion County
Very Low
Within state
34 th percentile
Rank, 34th percentileLowHigh
#1,115 of 1,693 tracts In Indiana
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Indianapolis and the region

Centroid at 39.7119, -86.0331 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wanamaker scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
12.0% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$1,571 rent vs county FMR
7.2
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 Wanamaker compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Wanamaker risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 3901044.0Indianapolisparent city4.2Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 16

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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)

  • 436Total filings 2020-21
  • 5.7Avg monthly (observed)
  • 4.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.40×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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 Wanamaker. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Wanamaker

The severe-burden share is 28%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. At $1,571 a month, rents run 36% over what the rest of Indianapolis commands. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.7/10.

Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2/10. The voucher gap is 22.5%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.

Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.1/10. It sits 1.2 points below the Marion County average of 4.2.

SNAP participation runs 6.9% against 15.2% nationally. 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 #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 18% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.5/10.

Statewide the IN average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 18097390104

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18097390104?

Census tract 18097390104 in the Wanamaker 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 average rent in tract 18097390104?

Median gross rent is $1,571/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 18097390104?

12.0% of residents in tract 18097390104 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,145.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 18097390104?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 16th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 22th, household 77th, minority 48th, housing 2th.
Q5

Is tract 18097390104 considered part of Wanamaker?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18097390104 fall within Wanamaker (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 18097390104 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 18097390104 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.7% 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. 8.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 18097390104 compare to Indianapolis overall?

Tract 18097390104 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.
Q9

Was tract 18097390104 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. 3% 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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