Wheeling Avenue Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate
3 census tracts · pop 9,420 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.3/10
· range 4.6–5.7
Wheeling Avenue Historic District spans 3 census tracts of Cambridge, OH and houses 9,420 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 5.3/10, placing it in the Moderate tier. about half of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, far above the Cambridge rate of 29.6%.
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.3/10. The severe-burden share is 27%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
Running hot is housing-court posture at 8.7/10. The poverty rate is 29%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest.
Sitting well above the midpoint is rent-regulation exposure at 8.3/10. Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 4.6 to 5.7, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. Court records carry 543 eviction filings across its 3 observed tracts.
Filing activity peaked in 2010 at 5.0% of renter households. At $860 a month, rents sit 9% over what the rest of Cambridge commands. Recent filings have not receded much: 3.0% in 2018 against a 5.0% peak.
Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $45,991. 47% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 5.3 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
3 tracts · population-weighted
Wheeling Avenue Historic District vs CambridgeHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
50.1%+69%
Cambridge: 29.6%
Average gross rent
$860+9%
Cambridge: $788
Average HH income
$45,991+21%
Cambridge: $37,900
Poverty rate
28.7%-4%
Cambridge: 29.9%
Renter share
47.1%-8%
Cambridge: 51.5%
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wheeling Avenue Historic District and the region
Click any tract to drill in · 3 tracts span score 4.6–5.7
Why Wheeling Avenue Historic District scores 5.3
9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 2.4–2.4 across tracts
2.4
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 2.6–2.6 across tracts
2.6
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 3.3–3.3 across tracts
3.3
Rent control risk
50% of income on rent · Range 8.3–8.3 across tracts
8.3
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 2.0–2.0 across tracts
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
47% renter households · Range 9.3–9.3 across tracts
9.3
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 8.7–8.7 across tracts
8.7
Economic stress
28.7% below poverty line · Range 5.1–8.6 across tracts
7.2
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 3.3–5.6 across tracts
4.7
Risk score comparison
Wheeling Avenue Historic District vs. parent city, state, U.S.
Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).
Variance across tracts
How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Wheeling Avenue Historic District?
Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.
Score distribution
0246810
Spread of 1.1 points from
4.6 to
5.7.
Moderate variation across constituent tracts.
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority15%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport68%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Wheeling Avenue Historic District
Aggregated across 3 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
543Total filings (sum)
2.63%Avg annual filing rate
5.0%Peak year (2010)
3.04%Latest filed (2018)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Wheeling Avenue Historic District
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
15.2%Housing insecurity
12.2%Utility shutoff threat
21.7%Food insecurity
21.9%SNAP enrollment
10.6%No health insurance
38.7%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Wheeling Avenue Historic District
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Wheeling Avenue Historic District?
Wheeling Avenue Historic District scores 5.3/10 (Moderate tier) across 3 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Wheeling Avenue Historic District compare to Cambridge overall?
Wheeling Avenue Historic District scores 1.0 points higher than Cambridge overall (4.3/10). Renters spend 50% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $860 vs $788.
Q3
What is the average rent in Wheeling Avenue Historic District?
Average gross rent in Wheeling Avenue Historic District is $860/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Wheeling Avenue Historic District residents are renters?
47% of Wheeling Avenue Historic District households are renter-occupied (vs 51% in Cambridge). The neighborhood has 9,420 residents.
Q5
Is Wheeling Avenue Historic District a high social-vulnerability area?
Wheeling Avenue Historic District sits in the 65th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Wheeling Avenue Historic District have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Wheeling Avenue Historic District is census tract 39059977300 (score 5.7/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 4.6 to 5.7, a spread of 1.1 points.
Q7
How safe is Wheeling Avenue Historic District for landlords?
Wheeling Avenue Historic District carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.3/10). Pop-weighted across 3 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Cambridge as a whole (4.3/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Wheeling Avenue Historic District?
Wheeling Avenue Historic District has 9,482 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (89.8%), Other / Multiracial (4.8%), Black (non-Hispanic) (3.1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
