Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally

Dayton-Campbell Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Hamilton

Tract 39017000400 · Butler County, OH · pop 4,472 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

Census tract 39017000400 covers part of the Dayton-Campbell Historic District area of Hamilton, OH, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,472. The severe-burden share is 31%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score

5.4

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 26% Stable renters 31% Owners 43%

Tract context

Occupied units1,118

Renter share56.7%

SVI overall0.83

Poverty rate37.7%

Median income$28,800

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Hamilton and the region

Centroid at 39.3821, -84.5507 · click any tract to drill in

Why Dayton-Campbell Historic District scores 5.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Hamilton

4.4

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

3.8

State political climate

Ohio legislature & governorship

2.4

Economic stress

37.7% poverty · this tract

9.4

Supply constraint

$1,002 rent vs county FMR

2.8

Rent control risk

Inherited from Hamilton

5.1

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.6

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Hamilton

8.8

Housing court bias

Inherited from Hamilton

6.4

How Dayton-Campbell Historic District 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.

98%Socioeconomic
54%Household composition
64%Racial/ethnic minority
53%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
40%Grade C
23%Grade D · redlined

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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)

1,622Total filings over 13 yrs
15.60%Avg annual filing rate
19.1%Peak (2006)
113Filings in 2018 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2006 to 2018

Filings dropped 33% over the past 13 months.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Dayton-Campbell Historic District. 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.

34.8%Housing insecurity
28.2%Utility-shutoff threat
48.7%Food insecurity
49.9%SNAP enrollment
24.9%Transit barriers
26.4%No health insurance
26.1%Frequent mental distress
45.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Dayton-Campbell Historic District

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 9.4/10. Housing insecurity runs 34.8% against 14.2% nationally.

Set annual rent against average income of $28,800 and the ratio lands at 42%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. The poverty rate is 38%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.8/10.

On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.8/10. Disability prevalence runs 45.6% against 31.5% nationally. Against the Butler County average of 4.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points.

Cost burden runs 45% here against 39.6% across Butler County. Court records carry 1,622 eviction filings across 13 observed years.

The worst year on record was 2006, when 19.1% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Hamilton. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 39017000400

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39017000400?

Census tract 39017000400 in the Dayton-Campbell Historic District neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 39017000400?

Median gross rent is $1,002/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 39017000400?

37.7% of residents in tract 39017000400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,472.

How socially vulnerable is tract 39017000400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 54th, minority 64th, housing 53th.

Is tract 39017000400 considered part of Dayton-Campbell Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39017000400 fall within Dayton-Campbell Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39017000400?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,622 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39017000400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 15.60% of renter households, peaking at 19.1% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 39017000400 struggle to pay rent?

About 34.8% 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. 28.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 39017000400 compare to Hamilton overall?

Tract 39017000400 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Hamilton at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hamilton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 39017000400 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 23% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Hamilton

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

Eviction Lab tract-level court records (2000-2018) and Eviction Tracking System, Princeton University. Open Data Commons Attribution license. evictionlab.org