Within neighborhood
25
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,889 of 84,120 nationally
Downtown Eviction Risk: Moderate , Evansville
Tract 18163002000 · Vanderburgh County, IN · pop 959 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Census tract 18163002000 belongs to the Downtown area of Evansville, Indiana. It is home to 959 residents and scores 5.6/10, a moderate reading for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #32,654 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 53% of renter households, a severe level, and 30% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $444 a month against an average household income of $20,025 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. About 74% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 39%
Stable renters 35%
Owners 26%
Tract context
Occupied units359
Renter share73.5%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate40.0%
Median income$20,025
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
85
th percentile
High
Within county
86
th percentile
High
Within state
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Evansville and the region
Centroid at 37.9816, -87.5686 · click any tract to drill in
Why Downtown scores 5.3
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
40.0% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$444 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 85
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 97%Socioeconomic
- 64%Household composition
- 32%Racial/ethnic minority
- 74%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 91%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)
- 554Total filings over 10 yrs
- 14.36%Avg annual filing rate
- 20.1%Peak (2002)
- 36Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 61% 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.
- 22.8%Housing insecurity
- 21.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 39.3%Food insecurity
- 37.1%SNAP enrollment
- 18.8%Transit barriers
- 15.9%No health insurance
- 22.3%Frequent mental distress
- 53.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Downtown
What moves this score most is economic stress at $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 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 554 eviction filings here over 10 tracked years, with about 14.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 20.1% of renter households in 2002.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), 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 18163002000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18163002000?
Census tract 18163002000 in the Downtown 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 18163002000?
Median gross rent is $444/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18163002000?
40.0% of residents in tract 18163002000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 959.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18163002000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 64th, minority 32th, housing 74th.
Q5
Is tract 18163002000 considered part of Downtown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18163002000 fall within Downtown (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 18163002000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 554 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 18163002000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.36% of renter households, peaking at 20.1% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 18163002000 struggle to pay rent?
About 22.8% 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. 21.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 18163002000 compare to Evansville overall?
Tract 18163002000 scores 5.3/10, 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 18163002000 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. 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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5.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.3
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