Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #32,735 of 84,120 nationally
Salem Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 39029950500 · Columbiana County, OH · pop 5,573 · 84% of tract blocks fall in Salem
Census tract 39029950500 belongs to Salem, Ohio. It is home to 5,573 residents and scores 4.7/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than about 28% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 38% of renter households, a high level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $709 a month against an average household income of $52,750 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. About 30% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units2,724
Renter share30.4%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate11.7%
Median income$52,750
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
58
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
70
th percentile
Elevated
National
61
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Salem and the region
Centroid at 40.8780, -80.8323 · click any tract to drill in
Why Salem scores 4.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Salem
5.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.8
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
11.7% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$709 rent vs county FMR
3.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Salem
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Salem
8.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Salem
7.1
How Salem compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 48
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 58%Socioeconomic
- 17%Household composition
- 1%Racial/ethnic minority
- 76%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)
- 217Total filings over 10 yrs
- 2.45%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.6%Peak (2005)
- 24Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 26% over the past 10 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.
- 10.0%Housing insecurity
- 7.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.6%Food insecurity
- 10.2%SNAP enrollment
- 6.9%Transit barriers
- 8.1%No health insurance
- 17.1%Frequent mental distress
- 31.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Salem
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.3/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Salem, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Columbiana County average of 4.4 and below the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 48th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 39029950500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39029950500?
Census tract 39029950500 in Salem scores 4.5/10 (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 39029950500?
Median gross rent is $709/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39029950500?
11.7% of residents in tract 39029950500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,573.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39029950500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 58th, household 17th, minority 1th, housing 76th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39029950500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 217 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 39029950500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.45% of renter households, peaking at 3.6% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 39029950500 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.0% 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. 7.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 39029950500 compare to Salem overall?
Tract 39029950500 scores 4.5/10, higher than the parent city of Salem at 2.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Salem; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Salem
Top eight tracts in Salem ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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