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Old Northside Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Indianapolis

Tract 18097390900 · Marion County, IN · pop 3,170 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

With a score of 4.2/10, tract 18097390900 in the Old Northside Historic District area of Indianapolis, IN reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,170 residents. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.7/10.

Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25% Stable renters 30% Owners 45%
Tract context
Occupied units1,597
Renter share54.5%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate19.2%
Median income$80,250

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Old Northside Historic District
Moderate
Within parent city
52 th percentile
Rank, 52nd percentileLowHigh
#111 of 231 tracts In Indianapolis
Moderate
Within county
54 th percentile
Rank, 54th percentileLowHigh
#116 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 39.7894, -86.1463 · click any tract to drill in

Why Old Northside Historic District 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
19.2% poverty · this tract
4.8
Supply constraint
$1,176 rent vs county FMR
4.2
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 Old Northside Historic District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Old Northside Historic District risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.2This tracttract 3909004.0Indianapolisparent city4.2Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 39

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)

  • 181Total filings 2020-21
  • 2.4Avg monthly (observed)
  • 3.5Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.68×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.

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 Old Northside Historic District

24% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running cool, state political climate reads 2/10. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.1/10.

The poverty rate is 19%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. SNAP participation runs 6.1% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 10.7% against 17.8% 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. On the national scale it lands near the 46th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Against average income of $80,250, annual rent is just 18%. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

Rent takes 30% or more of income for 45% of renters.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 18097390900

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18097390900?

Census tract 18097390900 in the Old Northside Historic District 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 18097390900?

Median gross rent is $1,176/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 18097390900?

19.2% of residents in tract 18097390900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,170.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 18097390900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 51th, household 3th, minority 57th, housing 72th.
Q5

Is tract 18097390900 considered part of Old Northside Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18097390900 fall within Old Northside Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 18097390900 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.68× 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 18097390900 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.2% 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. 7.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 18097390900 compare to Indianapolis overall?

Tract 18097390900 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 18097390900 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. 39% 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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