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Neighborhood · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally

Brendonshire Eviction Risk: Moderate , Indianapolis

Tract 18097390601 · Marion County, IN · pop 1,704 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Census tract 18097390601 covers part of the Brendonshire area of Indianapolis, IN, and scores 4.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.7/10.

Risk score
4.2
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
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Brendonshire
Very High
Within parent city
52 th percentile
Rank, 52nd percentileLowHigh
#112 of 231 tracts In Indianapolis
Moderate
Within county
54 th percentile
Rank, 54th percentileLowHigh
#117 of 253 tracts In Marion County
Moderate
Within state
66 th percentile
Rank, 66th percentileLowHigh
#579 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 4.2

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.
Brendonshire risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.2This tracttract 3906014.0Indianapolisparent city4.2Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 1

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

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.

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 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

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.

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 Brendonshire

This is renter territory: 80% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2/10. The severe-burden share is 17%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.1/10. SNAP participation runs 5.1% against 15.2% nationally.

Average gross rent is $1,348, 17% above the Indianapolis average. Food insecurity runs 10.1% against 17.8% nationally. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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 #45,786 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.1/10.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 45% of renters.

It tracks the Marion County average of 4.2 closely. Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $65,607.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 18097390601

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18097390601?

Census tract 18097390601 in the Brendonshire neighborhood scores 4.2/10 (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 4.2/10, right in line with 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 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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