Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally
Middletown Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 39017012400 · Butler County, OH · pop 2,788
Census tract 39017012400 covers part of Middletown, OH, and scores 3.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,788 residents. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 95%
Tract context
Occupied units996
Renter share5.2%
SVI overall0.14
Poverty rate2.3%
Median income$91,875
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
39
th percentile
Low
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
National
25
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Middletown and the region
Centroid at 39.5386, -84.3385 · click any tract to drill in
Why Middletown scores 3.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Middletown
4.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.8
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
2.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,250 rent vs county FMR
4.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Middletown
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Middletown
8.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Middletown
7.1
How Middletown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 14
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 15%Socioeconomic
- 50%Household composition
- 15%Racial/ethnic minority
- 14%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)
- 43Total filings over 13 yrs
- 5.50%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.7%Peak (2013)
- 1Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 7.7%Housing insecurity
- 5.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.7%Food insecurity
- 7.3%SNAP enrollment
- 5.5%Transit barriers
- 6.4%No health insurance
- 15.1%Frequent mental distress
- 30.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Middletown
27% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Cost burden runs 27% here against 39.6% across Butler County. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.8/10.
On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.8/10. Average gross rent is $1,250, 24% above the Middletown average. Against the Butler County average of 4.3, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.1 points.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 43 filings here across 13 tracked years. Food insecurity runs 9.7% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 7.3% against 15.2% nationally.
The worst year on record was 2013, when 10.7% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 5.5% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #63,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
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 39017012400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39017012400?
Census tract 39017012400 in Middletown scores 3.2/10 (Lower 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 39017012400?
Median gross rent is $1,250/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39017012400?
2.3% of residents in tract 39017012400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,788.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39017012400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 15th, household 50th, minority 15th, housing 14th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39017012400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 43 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39017012400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.50% of renter households, peaking at 10.7% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 39017012400 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.7% 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. 5.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 39017012400 compare to Middletown overall?
Tract 39017012400 scores 3.2/10, lower than the parent city of Middletown at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Middletown eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Middletown
Top eight tracts in Middletown ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · OH
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5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
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