Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally
Salem Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 39029950600 · Columbiana County, OH · pop 4,937 · 77% of tract blocks fall in Salem
Census tract 39029950600 covers part of Salem, OH, and scores 4.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 30%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units2,006
Renter share39.6%
SVI overall0.32
Poverty rate17.1%
Median income$68,341
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
63
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
57
th percentile
Elevated
National
46
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Salem and the region
Centroid at 40.9137, -80.8406 · click any tract to drill in
Why Salem scores 4.2
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
17.1% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$833 rent vs county FMR
4.4
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: 32
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 36%Socioeconomic
- 52%Household composition
- 4%Racial/ethnic minority
- 35%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)
- 281Total filings over 10 yrs
- 4.03%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.6%Peak (2003)
- 26Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 10.6%Housing insecurity
- 7.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.8%Food insecurity
- 11.3%SNAP enrollment
- 7.4%Transit barriers
- 8.7%No health insurance
- 17.4%Frequent mental distress
- 31.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Salem
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.3/10. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.8/10.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.4/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 281 filings here across 10 tracked years. Against Columbiana County at 34.5%, 39% of renters here are cost-burdened.
At $833 a month, rents run 9% over what the rest of Salem commands. The worst year on record was 2003, when 5.6% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 4.0% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 46% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $68,341, annual rent is just 15%.
It tracks the Columbiana County average of 4.0 closely. 40% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 39029950600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39029950600?
Census tract 39029950600 in Salem scores 4.2/10 (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 39029950600?
Median gross rent is $833/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39029950600?
17.1% of residents in tract 39029950600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,937.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39029950600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 36th, household 52th, minority 4th, housing 35th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39029950600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 281 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 39029950600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.03% of renter households, peaking at 5.6% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 39029950600 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.6% 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. 7.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 39029950600 compare to Salem overall?
Tract 39029950600 scores 4.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Salem at 4/10. 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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