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Downtown Eviction Risk: Moderate , Evansville

Tract 18163001900 · Vanderburgh County, IN · pop 1,058 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

Eviction risk in the Downtown neighborhood of Evansville centers on tract 18163001900, which scores 5.6/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 1,058 residents. It lands near the 61st percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 62% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $795 a month while the average household earns $24,245 a year, roughly 39% of income at the averages. About 80% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 50% Stable renters 31% Owners 19%
Tract context
Occupied units488
Renter share80.3%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate38.5%
Median income$24,245

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 5 tracts In Downtown
High
Within parent city
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 47 tracts In Evansville
High
Within county
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 59 tracts In Vanderburgh County
High
Within state
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#163 of 1,693 tracts In Indiana
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Evansville and the region

Centroid at 37.9817, -87.5803 · click any tract to drill in

Why Downtown scores 5.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
38.5% poverty · this tract
9.6
Supply constraint
$795 rent vs county FMR
2.5
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 Downtown compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Downtown risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.45.4This tracttract 001900Evansville: 2.32.3Evansvilleparent cityCounty: 4.04.0Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.63.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 90

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

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)

  • 588Total filings over 10 yrs
  • 13.88%Avg annual filing rate
  • 16.6%Peak (2002)
  • 42Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2013
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 181630019002002: 79 filings (16.56/100 renter HHs)2003: 79 filings (16.56/100 renter HHs)2004: 79 filings (16.56/100 renter HHs)2005: 67 filings (15.69/100 renter HHs)2006: 64 filings (14.99/100 renter HHs)2009: 55 filings (12.88/100 renter HHs)2010: 37 filings (9.51/100 renter HHs)2011: 40 filings (11.27/100 renter HHs)2012: 46 filings (12.96/100 renter HHs)2013: 42 filings (11.83/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 47% over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Downtown. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Downtown

The heaviest input here is economic stress at 9.6/10. 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 above the Vanderburgh County average of 4.8 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 24.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 23.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

Part of this tract, about 3% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 18163001900

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18163001900?

Census tract 18163001900 in the Downtown neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (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 18163001900?

Median gross rent is $795/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 18163001900?

38.5% of residents in tract 18163001900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,058.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 18163001900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 45th, minority 41th, housing 87th.
Q5

Is tract 18163001900 considered part of Downtown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18163001900 fall within Downtown (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 18163001900?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 588 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 18163001900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.88% of renter households, peaking at 16.6% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 18163001900 struggle to pay rent?

About 24.9% 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. 23.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 18163001900 compare to Evansville overall?

Tract 18163001900 scores 5.4/10, 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 18163001900 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 3% 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 Evansville

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

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