Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally

Hamilton Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 39017011004 · Butler County, OH · pop 6,738 · 39% of tract blocks fall in Hamilton

39017011004 is a census tract in Hamilton, OH. It scores 5.4/10 for landlords. It is home to 6,738 residents. 39% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score

5.4

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 38% Stable renters 23% Owners 39%

Tract context

Occupied units2,733

Renter share61.1%

SVI overall0.79

Poverty rate19.2%

Median income$50,054

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Hamilton and the region

Centroid at 39.3680, -84.5165 · click any tract to drill in

Why Hamilton 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

19.2% poverty · this tract

4.8

Supply constraint

$1,161 rent vs county FMR

4.0

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 Hamilton compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 79

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

63%Socioeconomic
66%Household composition
55%Racial/ethnic minority
94%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)

2,645Total filings over 13 yrs
21.60%Avg annual filing rate
43.8%Peak (2007)
162Filings in 2018 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2006 to 2018

Filings dropped 37% over the past 13 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.

17.6%Housing insecurity
13.3%Utility-shutoff threat
22.4%Food insecurity
20.1%SNAP enrollment
11.6%Transit barriers
11.1%No health insurance
20.3%Frequent mental distress
31.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Hamilton

Against Butler County at 39.6%, 62% of renters here are cost-burdened. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.8/10.

Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.8/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 2.4/10. Against the Butler County average of 4.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points.

The poverty rate is 19%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. The filing record is not thin: 2,645 evictions over 13 years of observation. At $1,161 a month, rents run 15% over what the rest of Hamilton commands.

Filings peaked in 2007 at 43.8% of renter households. In a typical year about 21.6% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.1/10. Statewide the OH average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 39017011004

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39017011004?

Census tract 39017011004 in Hamilton 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 39017011004?

Median gross rent is $1,161/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 39017011004?

19.2% of residents in tract 39017011004 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,738.

How socially vulnerable is tract 39017011004?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 63th, household 66th, minority 55th, housing 94th.

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39017011004?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 2,645 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39017011004 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 21.60% of renter households, peaking at 43.8% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 39017011004 struggle to pay rent?

About 17.6% 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. 13.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 39017011004 compare to Hamilton overall?

Tract 39017011004 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.

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