Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,889 of 84,120 nationally
Kennedy Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , South Bend
Tract 18141000500 · St. Joseph County, IN · pop 1,918 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
With a score of 5.6/10, tract 18141000500 in Kennedy Park in South Bend ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 1,918 residents. It lands near the 61st percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 45% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 37% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,003 monthly, set against $48,611 in average yearly household income, roughly 25% of income at the averages. About 41% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units688
Renter share41.1%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate34.1%
Median income$48,611
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
72
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
79
th percentile
High
Within state
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across South Bend and the region
Centroid at 41.6854, -86.2844 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kennedy Park scores 5.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from South Bend
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.3
State political climate
Indiana legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
34.1% poverty · this tract
8.5
Supply constraint
$1,003 rent vs county FMR
4.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from South Bend
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from South Bend
3.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from South Bend
2.5
How Kennedy Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 79
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 79%Socioeconomic
- 87%Household composition
- 86%Racial/ethnic minority
- 44%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
- 40%Grade B
- 39%Grade C
- 1%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 48Total filings over 1 yrs
- 30.38%Avg annual filing rate
- 30.4%Peak (2015)
- 48Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 199Total filings 2020-21
- 2.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.63×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Richmond, VA as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Kennedy Park. 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.
- 28.3%Housing insecurity
- 23.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 38.3%Food insecurity
- 30.5%SNAP enrollment
- 18.8%Transit barriers
- 14.7%No health insurance
- 22.7%Frequent mental distress
- 44.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kennedy Park
What moves this score most is economic stress at 8.5/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from South Bend eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the St. Joseph County average of 5.2 and above the Indiana statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 28.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 23.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 48 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 30.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 30.4% of renter households in 2015.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 18141000500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18141000500?
Census tract 18141000500 in the Kennedy Park neighborhood scores 5.3/10 (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 18141000500?
Median gross rent is $1,003/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18141000500?
34.1% of residents in tract 18141000500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,918.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18141000500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 87th, minority 86th, housing 44th.
Q5
Is tract 18141000500 considered part of Kennedy Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18141000500 fall within Kennedy Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 18141000500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 48 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 18141000500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 30.38% of renter households, peaking at 30.4% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 18141000500 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.63× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Richmond eviction risk, VA), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 18141000500 struggle to pay rent?
About 28.3% 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. 23.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 18141000500 compare to South Bend overall?
Tract 18141000500 scores 5.3/10, higher than the parent city of South Bend at 2.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from South Bend eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q10
Was tract 18141000500 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. 1% 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in South Bend
Top eight tracts in South Bend ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · IN
Kennedy Park
5.7
/ 10 · Elevated
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LaSalle Park
5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · IN
Monroe Park
5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · IN
Near West Side
5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · IN
Westside
5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · IN
Southeast
5.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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Rum Village
5.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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Westside
5.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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