1 census tracts · pop 5,360 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.7/10
· range 7.7–7.7
Uptown is a one-tract neighborhood of Athens, OH and houses 5,360 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 7.7/10, Elevated tier. 85% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate.
Annualized rent equals 139% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with. Cost burden runs 93% against 45.1% citywide, putting Uptown 48.0% over its own city.
The strongest single driver of the headline number is economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 87%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. SNAP participation is 48.1% of households versus 15.2% nationally.
This is a renter market: 99% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Running hot is tenant-organizing strength at 9.7/10.
24.3% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, against a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Sitting well above the midpoint is housing-court posture at 9.6/10. At $1,283 a month, rents sit 27% over what the rest of Athens commands.
The voucher gap is 23.0%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 7.7/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
7.7
Elevated
1 tracts · population-weighted
Uptown vs AthensHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority23%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport78%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Uptown
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
47Total filings (sum)
1.03%Avg annual filing rate
1.6%Peak year (2013)
1.75%Latest filed (2018)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Uptown
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
26.7%Housing insecurity
24.3%Utility shutoff threat
45.2%Food insecurity
48.1%SNAP enrollment
13.8%No health insurance
45.5%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Uptown
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Uptown?
Uptown scores 7.7/10 (Elevated 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 Uptown compare to Athens overall?
Uptown scores 1.4 points higher than Athens overall (6.3/10). Renters spend 93% of income on rent vs 45% citywide. Average rent: $1,283 vs $1,011.
Q3
What is the average rent in Uptown?
Average gross rent in Uptown is $1,283/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 93% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Uptown residents are renters?
99% of Uptown households are renter-occupied (vs 67% in Athens). The neighborhood has 5,360 residents.
Q5
Is Uptown a high social-vulnerability area?
Uptown sits in the 40th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less 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 Uptown for landlords?
Uptown carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.7/10). 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 Athens as a whole (6.3/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Uptown?
Uptown has 5,317 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (84.4%), Other / Multiracial (5.9%), Black (non-Hispanic) (4.4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
