Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Edgewater Eviction Risk: Lower , South Bend
Tract 18141001600 · St. Joseph County, IN · pop 2,593 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
With a score of 3/10, tract 18141001600 in the Edgewater area of South Bend, IN reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Cost burden runs 20% here against 41.2% across St. Joseph County.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units1,019
Renter share8.9%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate2.9%
Median income$120,097
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
2
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
19
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
34
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across South Bend and the region
Centroid at 41.6718, -86.2288 · click any tract to drill in
Why Edgewater scores 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
2.9% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,196 rent vs county FMR
5.9
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 Edgewater compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 17
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 20%Socioeconomic
- 7%Household composition
- 46%Racial/ethnic minority
- 39%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 95%Grade A
- 3%Grade B
- 2%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 20Total filings over 1 yrs
- 18.35%Avg annual filing rate
- 18.4%Peak (2015)
- 20Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 40Total filings 2020-21
- 0.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.45×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 Edgewater. 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.
- 7.0%Housing insecurity
- 5.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.1%Food insecurity
- 4.1%SNAP enrollment
- 4.8%Transit barriers
- 5.6%No health insurance
- 14.9%Frequent mental distress
- 26.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Edgewater
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1/10. The severe-burden share is 20%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. SNAP participation runs 4.1% against 15.2% nationally. At $1,196 a month, rents run 16% over what the rest of South Bend commands.
Court records carry 20 eviction filings across 1 observed years. It sits 0.8 points below the St. Joseph County average of 3.8. Housing insecurity runs 7.0% against 14.2% nationally.
Filings peaked in 2015 at 18.4% of renter households. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground A ("Best"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 18.4% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 18141001600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18141001600?
Census tract 18141001600 in the Edgewater neighborhood scores 3/10 (Lower 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 18141001600?
Median gross rent is $1,196/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 20% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18141001600?
2.9% of residents in tract 18141001600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,593.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18141001600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 7th, minority 46th, housing 39th.
Q5
Is tract 18141001600 considered part of Edgewater?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18141001600 fall within Edgewater (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 18141001600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 20 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 18141001600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 18.35% of renter households, peaking at 18.4% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 18141001600 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.45× 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 18141001600 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.0% 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. 5.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 18141001600 compare to South Bend overall?
Tract 18141001600 scores 3/10, right in line with the parent city of South Bend at 3.2/10. 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 18141001600 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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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