Neighborhood · Ranked #10,885 of 84,120 nationally

Park Ridge Eviction Risk: Elevated , Bloomington

Tract 18105000904 · Monroe County, IN · pop 5,623 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

Census tract 18105000904 belongs to Park Ridge in Bloomington, Indiana. It is home to 5,623 residents and scores 6.6/10, an elevated reading for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 89% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 61% of renter households, a severe level, and 42% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,431 monthly, set against $41,887 in average yearly household income, roughly 41% of income at the averages. About 71% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

6.1

Elevated

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 43% Stable renters 27% Owners 30%

Tract context

Occupied units2,755

Renter share70.9%

SVI overall0.57

Poverty rate32.0%

Median income$41,887

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Bloomington and the region

Centroid at 39.1575, -86.4796 · click any tract to drill in

Why Park Ridge scores 6.1

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

32.0% poverty · this tract

8.0

Supply constraint

$1,431 rent vs county FMR

6.7

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 Park Ridge compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 57

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

83%Socioeconomic
8%Household composition
55%Racial/ethnic minority
50%Housing & transportation

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.

9.7%Housing insecurity
7.7%Utility-shutoff threat
14.7%Food insecurity
8.3%SNAP enrollment
8.8%Transit barriers
7.0%No health insurance
18.7%Frequent mental distress
30.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Park Ridge

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 57th 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 9.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.7% 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 18105000904

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18105000904?

Census tract 18105000904 in the Park Ridge neighborhood scores 6.1/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 18105000904?

Median gross rent is $1,431/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 18105000904?

32.0% of residents in tract 18105000904 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,623.

How socially vulnerable is tract 18105000904?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 57th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 8th, minority 55th, housing 50th.

Is tract 18105000904 considered part of Park Ridge?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18105000904 fall within Park Ridge (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 18105000904 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.7% 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. 7.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 18105000904 compare to Bloomington overall?

Tract 18105000904 scores 6.1/10, 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

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