Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #58,384 of 84,120 nationally
Bluffton Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 18179040600 · Wells County, IN · pop 4,293 · 97% of tract blocks fall in Bluffton
Census tract 18179040600 runs through Bluffton. With 4,293 residents, it scores $1/10 for landlords. That is riskier than about 12% of US census tracts.
About 30% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $889 a month while the average household earns $55,538 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 40% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units1,711
Renter share39.9%
SVI overall0.61
Poverty rate8.6%
Median income$55,538
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
37
th percentile
Low
National
31
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bluffton and the region
Centroid at 40.7215, -85.1954 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bluffton scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Bluffton
3.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.2
State political climate
Indiana legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
8.6% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$889 rent vs county FMR
4.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bluffton
4.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bluffton
7.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bluffton
4.6
How Bluffton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 61
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 49%Socioeconomic
- 75%Household composition
- 33%Racial/ethnic minority
- 69%Housing & transportation
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)
- 21Total filings over 3 yrs
- 1.23%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.5%Peak (2009)
- 8Filings in 2012 (latest validated)
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.
- 11.7%Housing insecurity
- 8.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.1%Food insecurity
- 8.6%SNAP enrollment
- 7.9%Transit barriers
- 9.5%No health insurance
- 19.3%Frequent mental distress
- 33.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bluffton
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 7.6/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Bluffton, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Wells County average of 4.1 and below the Indiana statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 21 eviction filings here over 3 tracked years, with about 1.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 1.5% of renter households in 2009.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 61st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 18179040600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18179040600?
Census tract 18179040600 in Bluffton 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 18179040600?
Median gross rent is $889/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18179040600?
8.6% of residents in tract 18179040600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,293.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18179040600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 75th, minority 33th, housing 69th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 18179040600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 21 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 18179040600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.23% of renter households, peaking at 1.5% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 18179040600 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.7% 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. 8.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 18179040600 compare to Bluffton overall?
Tract 18179040600 scores 3/10, higher than the parent city of Bluffton at 2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bluffton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Bluffton
Top eight tracts in Bluffton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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