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Southeast Eviction Risk: Moderate , South Bend

Tract 18141003300 · St. Joseph County, IN · pop 2,861 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 18141003300 (Southeast in South Bend, Indiana) comes in at 5.6/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 61% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 54% of renter households, a severe level, and 38% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $875 a month against an average household income of $57,766 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 27% of occupied homes.

Risk score

5.2

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 12% Owners 74%

Tract context

Occupied units1,267

Renter share26.7%

SVI overall0.63

Poverty rate32.4%

Median income$57,766

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across South Bend and the region

Centroid at 41.6471, -86.2432 · click any tract to drill in

Why Southeast scores 5.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

32.4% poverty · this tract

8.1

Supply constraint

$875 rent vs county FMR

3.0

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 Southeast compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 63

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

59%Socioeconomic
53%Household composition
55%Racial/ethnic minority
66%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.

1%Grade A
88%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
6.33%Avg annual filing rate
6.3%Peak (2015)
20Filings in 2015 (latest validated)

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

170Total filings 2020-21
2.2Avg monthly (observed)
2.9Pre-pandemic baseline
0.77×Ratio to baseline

Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01

Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Richmond, VA as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Southeast. 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.

16.3%Housing insecurity
13.1%Utility-shutoff threat
20.9%Food insecurity
14.3%SNAP enrollment
11.1%Transit barriers
10.6%No health insurance
20.4%Frequent mental distress
34.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Southeast

The heaviest input here is economic stress at 8.1/10. 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.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 20 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 6.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 6.3% of renter households in 2015.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 18141003300

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18141003300?

Census tract 18141003300 in the Southeast neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 18141003300?

Median gross rent is $875/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 18141003300?

32.4% of residents in tract 18141003300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,861.

How socially vulnerable is tract 18141003300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 59th, household 53th, minority 55th, housing 66th.

Is tract 18141003300 considered part of Southeast?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18141003300 fall within Southeast (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 18141003300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 20 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 18141003300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.33% of renter households, peaking at 6.3% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Did eviction filings in tract 18141003300 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.77× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Richmond eviction risk, VA), 2020-2021.

What share of households in tract 18141003300 struggle to pay rent?

About 16.3% 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. 13.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 18141003300 compare to South Bend overall?

Tract 18141003300 scores 5.2/10, 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 18141003300 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. 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in South Bend

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

Eviction Lab tract-level court records (2000-2018) and Eviction Tracking System, Princeton University. Open Data Commons Attribution license. evictionlab.org