Within neighborhood
57
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #26,446 of 84,120 nationally
Ballard Eviction Risk: Moderate , Evansville
Tract 18163001500 · Vanderburgh County, IN · pop 2,222 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Tract 18163001500 covers the Ballard neighborhood of Evansville in Indiana. Home to 2,222 residents, it scores 4.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 35% of US census tracts.
40% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $932 a month while the average household earns $45,139 a year, roughly 25% of income at the averages. Renters make up 58% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 35%
Owners 42%
Tract context
Occupied units893
Renter share57.9%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate23.2%
Median income$45,139
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
70
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
74
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
83
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Evansville and the region
Centroid at 37.9670, -87.5500 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ballard scores 4.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Evansville
3.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.5
State political climate
Indiana legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
23.2% poverty · this tract
5.8
Supply constraint
$932 rent vs county FMR
3.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Evansville
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Evansville
2.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Evansville
2.0
How Ballard compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 88
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 86%Socioeconomic
- 88%Household composition
- 76%Racial/ethnic minority
- 71%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
- 67%Grade B
- 11%Grade C
- 11%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)
- 631Total filings over 10 yrs
- 19.50%Avg annual filing rate
- 28.0%Peak (2005)
- 74Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 16% over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Ballard. 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.
- 22.9%Housing insecurity
- 19.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 32.4%Food insecurity
- 25.8%SNAP enrollment
- 15.9%Transit barriers
- 11.5%No health insurance
- 21.0%Frequent mental distress
- 40.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ballard
The score leans hardest on economic stress at 5.8/10. 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 Evansville eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Vanderburgh County average of 4.8 and in line with the Indiana statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 631 eviction filings here over 10 tracked years, with about 19.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 28.0% of renter households in 2005.
The tract is Black and White and ranks around the 88th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 18163001500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18163001500?
Census tract 18163001500 in the Ballard neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (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 18163001500?
Median gross rent is $932/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18163001500?
23.2% of residents in tract 18163001500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,222.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18163001500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 88th, minority 76th, housing 71th.
Q5
Is tract 18163001500 considered part of Ballard?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18163001500 fall within Ballard (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 18163001500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 631 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 18163001500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 19.50% of renter households, peaking at 28.0% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 18163001500 struggle to pay rent?
About 22.9% 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. 19.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 18163001500 compare to Evansville overall?
Tract 18163001500 scores 4.9/10, higher than the parent city of Evansville at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Evansville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 18163001500 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. 11% 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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