Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #14,308 of 84,120 nationally
Athens Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 39009973200 · Athens County, OH · pop 4,161 · 25% of tract blocks fall in Athens
39009973200 is a census tract in Athens, OH. It scores 6.7/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,161 residents. Cost burden runs roughly three in four here against 47.1% across Athens County.
Risk score
6.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units1,878
Renter share33.7%
SVI overall0.54
Poverty rate23.4%
Median income$53,130
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
71
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
99
th percentile
Very High
National
83
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Athens and the region
Centroid at 39.3209, -82.1650 · click any tract to drill in
Why Athens scores 6.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
23.4% poverty · this tract
5.8
Supply constraint
$935 rent vs county FMR
4.0
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 Athens compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 54
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 47%Socioeconomic
- 49%Household composition
- 26%Racial/ethnic minority
- 72%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)
- 335Total filings over 15 yrs
- 2.85%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.4%Peak (2017)
- 29Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 45% over the past 15 months.
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.
- 10.1%Housing insecurity
- 7.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.5%Food insecurity
- 10.7%SNAP enrollment
- 7.7%Transit barriers
- 6.9%No health insurance
- 18.8%Frequent mental distress
- 27.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Athens
33% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.7/10.
On the high side, housing-court posture reads 9.6/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.5/10. It sits 1.4 points above the Athens County average of 5.3.
The poverty rate is 23%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Court records carry 335 eviction filings across 15 observed years. Filings peaked in 2017 at 5.4% of renter households.
In a typical year about 2.8% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 83% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.8/10.
Statewide the OH average is 4.2, so this tract runs 2.5 points hotter. Average gross rent is $935, close to the Athens average. Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $53,130.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 39009973200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39009973200?
Census tract 39009973200 in Athens scores 6.7/10 (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 39009973200?
Median gross rent is $935/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 72% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39009973200?
23.4% of residents in tract 39009973200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,161.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39009973200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 54th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 49th, minority 26th, housing 72th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39009973200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 335 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 39009973200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.85% of renter households, peaking at 5.4% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 39009973200 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.1% 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. 7.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 39009973200 compare to Athens overall?
Tract 39009973200 scores 6.7/10, 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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