1 census tracts · pop 4,130 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.9/10
· range 3.9–3.9
Downtown Ashtabula maps to a single census tract in Edgewood, OH and houses 4,130 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 3.9/10, placing it in the Lower tier. Cost burden runs 45% against 28.2% citywide, putting Downtown Ashtabula 16.6% over its own city.
The severe-burden share is 25%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The main counterweight is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.6/10. The poverty rate is 20%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest.
Court records for this tract carry 334 eviction filings. The worst year on record was 2017, when filings touched 6.6% of renter households. Judgments average 1.4% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
Rent takes 18% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market. Average gross rent runs $833, close to the Edgewood average. 35% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
One tract means one number: 3.9/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Downtown Ashtabula vs EdgewoodHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority31%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport46%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Downtown Ashtabula
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
334Total filings (sum)
3.35%Avg annual filing rate
6.6%Peak year (2017)
6.63%Latest filed (2017)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Downtown Ashtabula
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
13.1%Housing insecurity
9.9%Utility shutoff threat
17.6%Food insecurity
15.9%SNAP enrollment
9.6%No health insurance
35.3%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Downtown Ashtabula
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Downtown Ashtabula?
Downtown Ashtabula scores 3.9/10 (Lower tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Downtown Ashtabula compare to Edgewood overall?
Downtown Ashtabula scores 0.3 points higher than Edgewood overall (3.6/10). Renters spend 45% of income on rent vs 28% citywide. Average rent: $833 vs $831.
Q3
What is the average rent in Downtown Ashtabula?
Average gross rent in Downtown Ashtabula is $833/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Downtown Ashtabula residents are renters?
35% of Downtown Ashtabula households are renter-occupied (vs 22% in Edgewood). The neighborhood has 4,130 residents.
Q5
Is Downtown Ashtabula a high social-vulnerability area?
Downtown Ashtabula sits in the 63rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Downtown Ashtabula for landlords?
Downtown Ashtabula carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.9/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Edgewood as a whole (3.6/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Downtown Ashtabula?
Downtown Ashtabula has 4,072 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (82.2%), Black (non-Hispanic) (9.7%), Other / Multiracial (4.8%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
