Indianapolis, IN

HISTORIC CURRENT
HOLC Grades
1930-1940 Wh ite MajorityMUI

A="
Best" Me d ian f am ilyinc om e
is le ss th an 8 0%of
B="
StillDe sirab
le " th e are aave rag e (LMI )

MinorityP opulation
C="
De f
inite ly
ove r 5
0%2 010
De clining"

D="
Hazard ous" L MIand Minority
P opulation ove r 5
0%

HOLC GRADING AND AREA INCOME

T h e Hom e Ow ne r’ sL oan Corporation ( HOL C) id e ntifie d
ne ig hborh ood s b yfour c ate g orie s/colors. The
g re e n are as w e re “
Best” , w h ile th e re d are as w e re
“Hazard ous” .T od ay ,7 4%of th e “Hazard ous” are as
re m ain low - to-m od e rate inc om e ( LMI )nationally , w h ile
“Best” are as are 9 4%m id d le - to-uppe r inc om e ( MUI ).
He re is th e rank ingf or th e c ityof
Ind ianapolis, IN:

Grades/Income LMI MUI

ABest 4.
02% 9
5.9
8%
BDe sirab le 5
7.6
1% 4
2.3
9%
CDe clining 4
8.3
8% 5
1.6
2%
DHazard ous 8
3.1
0% 1
6.9
0%

HOLC GRADING AND RACE/ETHNICITY

HOL Ce x am ine rs also g rad e d ne ig hb orh ood s b yth e ir
rac ial/e th nicc om position. T h e pre se nce of m inority
com m unitie s re sulte d in d ow ng rad ingund e r th e ir
sy ste m . 64 %of th e com m unitie s id e ntifie d as “ Hazard ous”
b yth e HOL Cin th e 1 93 0 ’s h ave m ajority - m inority
populations in th e 2 010Ce nsus.
He re is th e rank ingf or th e c ityof
Ind ianapolis, IN:

Grades/Minority White Minority

ABest 9
3 .
25% 6.7
5 %
BDe sirab
le 8
2.9
3% 17.0
7 %
CDe c
lining 59.
36% 40.6
4 %
DHazard ous 7
3.0
8% 26.9
2 %

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