Mainstrasse Village Eviction Risk: Moderate , Covington

76% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.7/10. Against Kenton County at 37.9%, 49% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Against the Kenton County average of 3.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points. 15% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.1/10. The poverty rate is 23%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Average gross rent is $1,152, 15% above the Covington average.

This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Covington. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. On the national scale it lands near the 65th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.4/10.

Statewide the KY average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.3 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.