Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #28,095 of 84,120 nationally
Nelsonville Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 39009972800 · Athens County, OH · pop 4,124 · 46% of tract blocks fall in Nelsonville
39009972800 is a census tract in Nelsonville, OH. It scores 5.3/10 for landlords. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units1,307
Renter share48.5%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate21.5%
Median income$34,280
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
57
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
75
th percentile
Elevated
National
67
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Nelsonville and the region
Centroid at 39.4139, -82.2459 · click any tract to drill in
Why Nelsonville scores 5.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Nelsonville
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
21.5% poverty · this tract
5.4
Supply constraint
$653 rent vs county FMR
1.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Nelsonville
6.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Nelsonville
9.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Nelsonville
7.1
How Nelsonville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 83
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 89%Socioeconomic
- 12%Household composition
- 15%Racial/ethnic minority
- 100%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)
- 255Total filings over 15 yrs
- 2.48%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.2%Peak (2017)
- 24Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 200% 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.
- 16.9%Housing insecurity
- 13.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 25.2%Food insecurity
- 25.2%SNAP enrollment
- 13.9%Transit barriers
- 12.1%No health insurance
- 24.3%Frequent mental distress
- 39.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Nelsonville
27% 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, supply constraint reads 1.3/10. The poverty rate is 21%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Running cool, state political climate reads 2.4/10. SNAP participation runs 25.2% against 15.2% nationally.
At $653 a month, rents run 16% under what the rest of Nelsonville commands. Court records carry 255 eviction filings across 15 observed years.
Food insecurity runs 25.2% against 17.8% nationally. The worst year on record was 2017, when 6.2% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 2.5% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 67% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 8.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
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 39009972800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39009972800?
Census tract 39009972800 in Nelsonville scores 5.3/10 (Moderate 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 39009972800?
Median gross rent is $653/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39009972800?
21.5% of residents in tract 39009972800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,124.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39009972800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 12th, minority 15th, housing 100th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39009972800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 255 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 39009972800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.48% of renter households, peaking at 6.2% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 39009972800 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.9% 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. 13.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 39009972800 compare to Nelsonville overall?
Tract 39009972800 scores 5.3/10, higher than the parent city of Nelsonville at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Nelsonville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Nelsonville
Top eight tracts in Nelsonville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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