McKelvey Plat Eviction Risk: Moderate , Sandusky

55% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Erie County average of 37.2%. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.2/10.

The poverty rate is 28%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Against the Erie County average of 4.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.6 points. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.8/10.

Running cool, state political climate reads 2.4/10. SNAP participation runs 25.4% against 15.2% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 319 filings here across 7 tracked years.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 15.6% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Average gross rent is $820, 9% below the Sandusky average.

The worst year on record was 2013, when 8.2% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 7.5% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #20,506 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.