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Neighborhood · Ranked #12,919 of 84,120 nationally

Sunnyside Eviction Risk: Elevated , Athens

Tract 39009973000 · Athens County, OH · pop 3,485 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

39009973000 is a census tract in the Sunnyside area of Athens, OH. It scores 7/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,485. The severe-burden share is 34%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 21% Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units1,661
Renter share49.2%
SVI overall0.40
Poverty rate26.7%
Median income$54,071

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Sunnyside
Very Low
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 7 tracts In Athens
Moderate
Within county
79 th percentile
Rank, 79th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 15 tracts In Athens County
High
Within state
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#31 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Athens and the region

Centroid at 39.3439, -82.0903 · click any tract to drill in

Why Sunnyside scores 7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Athens
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
26.7% poverty · this tract
6.7
Supply constraint
$1,161 rent vs county FMR
6.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Athens
9.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Athens
9.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Athens
9.6

How Sunnyside compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Sunnyside risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 7.07.0This tracttract 973000Athens: 6.36.3Athensparent cityCounty: 5.35.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.24.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 40

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 62Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 0.60%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.6%Peak (2017)
  • 5Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 390099730002002: 2 filings (0.26/100 renter HHs)2003: 2 filings (0.26/100 renter HHs)2005: 5 filings (0.81/100 renter HHs)2006: 5 filings (0.81/100 renter HHs)2007: 5 filings (0.81/100 renter HHs)2008: 1 filings (0.16/100 renter HHs)2009: 2 filings (0.32/100 renter HHs)2010: 4 filings (0.50/100 renter HHs)2011: 1 filings (0.14/100 renter HHs)2012: 1 filings (0.14/100 renter HHs)2013: 4 filings (0.55/100 renter HHs)2015: 4 filings (0.55/100 renter HHs)2016: 10 filings (1.42/100 renter HHs)2017: 11 filings (1.56/100 renter HHs)2018: 5 filings (0.71/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 150% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Sunnyside. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Sunnyside

What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.7/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 9.6/10.

On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.5/10. Against Athens County at 47.1%, 58% of renters here are cost-burdened. Against the Athens County average of 5.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.7 points.

The poverty rate is 27%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Court records carry 62 eviction filings across 15 observed years.

At $1,161 a month, rents run 15% over what the rest of Athens commands. Filings peaked in 2017 at 1.6% of renter households. In a typical year about 0.6% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #12,919 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 4.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the OH average is 4.2, so this tract runs 2.8 points hotter.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 39009973000

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39009973000?

Census tract 39009973000 in the Sunnyside neighborhood scores 7/10 (Elevated 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 39009973000?

Median gross rent is $1,161/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39009973000?

26.7% of residents in tract 39009973000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,485.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39009973000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 22th, minority 27th, housing 55th.
Q5

Is tract 39009973000 considered part of Sunnyside?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39009973000 fall within Sunnyside (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39009973000?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 62 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 39009973000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.60% of renter households, peaking at 1.6% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 39009973000 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.2% 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. 8.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 39009973000 compare to Athens overall?

Tract 39009973000 scores 7/10, higher than the parent city of Athens at 6.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Athens; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Athens

Top eight tracts in Athens ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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