Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #16,850 of 84,120 nationally
Downtown Eviction Risk: Moderate , Evansville
Tract 18163002600 · Vanderburgh County, IN · pop 3,203 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi
Here is how census tract 18163002600, in Downtown in Evansville eviction risk, looks to a landlord: a 5.3/10 eviction-risk score (Moderate tier) across a population of 3,203. That is riskier than about 50% of US census tracts.
40% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 9% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $754 monthly, set against $34,429 in average yearly household income, roughly 26% of income at the averages. About 53% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 32%
Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units1,246
Renter share53.0%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate37.2%
Median income$34,429
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
98
th percentile
Very High
Within state
94
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Evansville and the region
Centroid at 37.9933, -87.5830 · click any tract to drill in
Why Downtown scores 5.6
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
37.2% poverty · this tract
9.3
Supply constraint
$754 rent vs county FMR
2.2
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: 86
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 90%Socioeconomic
- 78%Household composition
- 44%Racial/ethnic minority
- 78%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
- 26%Grade C
- 53%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)
- 1,131Total filings over 10 yrs
- 16.51%Avg annual filing rate
- 18.1%Peak (2012)
- 127Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 27% 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.
- 20.7%Housing insecurity
- 17.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 30.9%Food insecurity
- 24.7%SNAP enrollment
- 15.0%Transit barriers
- 13.2%No health insurance
- 23.3%Frequent mental distress
- 42.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Downtown
What moves this score most is economic stress at 9.3/10. 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.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 53% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,131 eviction filings here over 10 tracked years, with about 16.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 18.1% of renter households in 2012.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 18163002600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18163002600?
Census tract 18163002600 in the Downtown neighborhood scores 5.6/10 (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 18163002600?
Median gross rent is $754/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18163002600?
37.2% of residents in tract 18163002600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,203.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18163002600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 78th, minority 44th, housing 78th.
Q5
Is tract 18163002600 considered part of Downtown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18163002600 fall within Downtown (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 18163002600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,131 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 18163002600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 16.51% of renter households, peaking at 18.1% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 18163002600 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.7% 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. 17.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 18163002600 compare to Evansville overall?
Tract 18163002600 scores 5.6/10, 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 18163002600 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 53% 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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