Neighborhood · Ranked #39,389 of 84,120 nationally
Brendonshire Eviction Risk: Moderate , Indianapolis
Tract 18097390601 ·
Marion County, IN · pop 1,704 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
How risky is the Brendonshire area of Indianapolis city (balance) for landlords? Census tract 18097390601 scores 5.6/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 61% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 45% of renter households, a severe level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,348 a month against an average household income of $65,607 a year, roughly 25% of income at the averages. About 80% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36%Stable renters 44%Owners 20%
Tract context
Occupied units922
Renter share80.4%
SVI overall0.01
Poverty rate15.7%
Median income$65,607
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100th percentile
#1 of 2 tracts In Brendonshire
Very High
Within parent city
50th percentile
#115 of 231 tracts In Indianapolis
Moderate
Within county
55th percentile
#114 of 253 tracts In Marion County
Elevated
Within state
67th percentile
#557 of 1,693 tracts In Indiana
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Indianapolis and the region
Centroid at 39.8591, -86.0606 · click any tract to drill in
Why Brendonshire scores 4.1
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
15.7% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$1,348 rent vs county FMR
5.5
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 Brendonshire compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 1
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
25%Socioeconomic
0%Household composition
58%Racial/ethnic minority
7%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
0%Grade A
56%Grade B
44%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)
506Total filings 2020-21
6.6Avg monthly (observed)
10.3Pre-pandemic baseline
0.64×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–20212020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Indianapolis, IN as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Brendonshire. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
8.7%Housing insecurity
6.7%Utility-shutoff threat
10.1%Food insecurity
5.1%SNAP enrollment
6.5%Transit barriers
6.1%No health insurance
16.6%Frequent mental distress
21.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Brendonshire
What moves this score most is 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 about the same as the Marion County average of 5.4 and above the Indiana statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.64x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 18097390601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18097390601?
Census tract 18097390601 in the Brendonshire neighborhood scores 4.1/10 (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 18097390601?
Median gross rent is $1,348/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18097390601?
15.7% of residents in tract 18097390601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,704.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18097390601?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 1th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 0th, minority 58th, housing 7th.
Q5
Is tract 18097390601 considered part of Brendonshire?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18097390601 fall within Brendonshire (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 18097390601 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.64× 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.
Q7
What share of households in tract 18097390601 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.7% 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. 6.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 18097390601 compare to Indianapolis overall?
Tract 18097390601 scores 4.1/10, 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.
Q9
Was tract 18097390601 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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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