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Neighborhood · Ranked #13,119 of 84,120 nationally

6th and Ritter Eviction Risk: Moderate , Bloomington

Tract 18105000401 · Monroe County, IN · pop 4,242 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

How risky is the 6th and Ritter neighborhood of Bloomington for landlords? Census tract 18105000401 scores 6.2/10, the Elevated tier. On the national scale it ranks #16,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

About 44% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 31% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $985 a month while the average household earns $48,648 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 77% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 34% Stable renters 43% Owners 23%
Tract context
Occupied units2,316
Renter share77.1%
SVI overall0.61
Poverty rate32.8%
Median income$48,648

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In 6th and Ritter
Moderate
Within parent city
68 th percentile
Rank, 68th percentileLowHigh
#8 of 23 tracts In Bloomington
Elevated
Within county
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#10 of 33 tracts In Monroe County
Elevated
Within state
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#22 of 1,693 tracts In Indiana
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Bloomington and the region

Centroid at 39.1589, -86.5572 · click any tract to drill in

Why 6th and Ritter scores 5.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Bloomington
6.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.4
State political climate
Indiana legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
32.8% poverty · this tract
8.2
Supply constraint
$985 rent vs county FMR
3.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bloomington
8.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bloomington
9.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bloomington
9.0

How 6th and Ritter compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
6th and Ritter risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.95.9This tracttract 000401Bloomington: 2.82.8Bloomingtonparent cityCounty: 4.44.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.63.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 61

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

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 6th and Ritter

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.7/10. 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 Bloomington eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Monroe County average of 5.5 and above the Indiana statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 61st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

In CDC survey modeling, about 11.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 18105000401

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18105000401?

Census tract 18105000401 in the 6th and Ritter neighborhood scores 5.9/10 (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 18105000401?

Median gross rent is $985/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 18105000401?

32.8% of residents in tract 18105000401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,242.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 18105000401?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 71th, household 5th, minority 31th, housing 93th.
Q5

Is tract 18105000401 considered part of 6th and Ritter?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18105000401 fall within 6th and Ritter (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 18105000401 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.4% 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. 9.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 18105000401 compare to Bloomington overall?

Tract 18105000401 scores 5.9/10, higher than the parent city of Bloomington at 2.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bloomington eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Bloomington

Top eight tracts in Bloomington ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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