Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #63,481 of 84,120 nationally
Fountain City Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 18177010200 · Wayne County, IN · pop 3,420 · 24% of tract blocks fall in Fountain City
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 18177010200 (Fountain City, Indiana) comes in at 4.2/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 16th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 28% of renter households, a moderate level, and 10% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $672 monthly, set against $83,365 in average yearly household income, roughly 10% of income at the averages. Renters make up 15% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units1,211
Renter share14.8%
SVI overall0.35
Poverty rate7.8%
Median income$83,365
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
29
th percentile
Low
National
25
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fountain City and the region
Centroid at 39.9604, -84.8776 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fountain City scores 2.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Fountain City
4.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.5
State political climate
Indiana legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
7.8% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$672 rent vs county FMR
2.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fountain City
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fountain City
1.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fountain City
1.3
How Fountain City compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 35
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 33%Socioeconomic
- 55%Household composition
- 1%Racial/ethnic minority
- 48%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 9.4%Housing insecurity
- 6.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.4%Food insecurity
- 6.9%SNAP enrollment
- 6.5%Transit barriers
- 7.6%No health insurance
- 18.1%Frequent mental distress
- 33.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fountain City
The heaviest input here is supply constraint at 2.2/10. 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 Fountain City, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Wayne County average of 5.6 and below the Indiana statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 35th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 9.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 18177010200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18177010200?
Census tract 18177010200 in Fountain City scores 2.7/10 (Lower 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 18177010200?
Median gross rent is $672/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18177010200?
7.8% of residents in tract 18177010200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,420.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18177010200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 35th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 33th, household 55th, minority 1th, housing 48th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 18177010200 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.4% 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. 6.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 18177010200 compare to Fountain City overall?
Tract 18177010200 scores 2.7/10, higher than the parent city of Fountain City at 2.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fountain City; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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