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Neighborhood · Ranked #31,159 of 84,120 nationally

Independence Eviction Risk: Moderate , Evansville

Tract 18163010800 · Vanderburgh County, IN · pop 3,742 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

In Independence in Evansville, census tract 18163010800 scores 4.6/10 for eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #62,255 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

About 33% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $909 a month against an average household income of $49,068 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 59% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20% Stable renters 40% Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units1,716
Renter share59.4%
SVI overall0.77
Poverty rate18.8%
Median income$49,068

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Independence
Very High
Within parent city
54 th percentile
Rank, 54th percentileLowHigh
#22 of 47 tracts In Evansville
Moderate
Within county
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#20 of 59 tracts In Vanderburgh County
Elevated
Within state
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#377 of 1,693 tracts In Indiana
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Evansville and the region

Centroid at 37.9910, -87.5987 · click any tract to drill in

Why Independence scores 4.6

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
18.8% poverty · this tract
4.7
Supply constraint
$909 rent vs county FMR
3.6
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 Independence compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Independence risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.64.6This tracttract 010800Evansville: 2.32.3Evansvilleparent cityCounty: 4.04.0Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.63.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 77

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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Independence. 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 Independence

What moves this score most is economic stress at 4.7/10. 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 safer side for landlords.

Part of this tract, about 20% 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.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 77th 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 18163010800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18163010800?

Census tract 18163010800 in the Independence neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (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 18163010800?

Median gross rent is $909/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 18163010800?

18.8% of residents in tract 18163010800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,742.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 18163010800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 54th, minority 17th, housing 85th.
Q5

Is tract 18163010800 considered part of Independence?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18163010800 fall within Independence (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 18163010800 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.0% 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. 8.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 18163010800 compare to Evansville overall?

Tract 18163010800 scores 4.6/10, 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.
Q8

Was tract 18163010800 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. 20% 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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