Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 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
With a score of 3/10, tract 18177010200 in Fountain City, IN reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,420 residents. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.7/10.
Risk score
3
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
12
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
34
th percentile
Low
National
20
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 3
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
On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Well under the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 1.3/10. Cost burden runs 28% here against 37.3% across Wayne County.
Severe burden reaches 10%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Against the Wayne County average of 3.9, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.9 points.
SNAP participation runs 6.9% against 15.2% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Only 15% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $83,365, annual rent is just 10%.
Statewide the IN average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler. Average gross rent is $672, close to the Fountain City average.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 18177010200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18177010200?
Census tract 18177010200 in Fountain City scores 3/10 (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 3/10, right in line with the parent city of Fountain City at 3.2/10. 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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