Lancaster West Main Street Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate

On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.5/10. 69% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. The poverty rate is 26%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.9/10. It sits 1.4 points above the Fairfield County average of 4.0.

14% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. At $909 a month, rents run 16% under what the rest of Lancaster commands. The filing record is not thin: 728 evictions over 13 years of observation.

Filings peaked in 2015 at 7.6% of renter households. In a typical year about 6.4% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.8/10. Statewide the OH average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.