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Wheeling Avenue Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Cambridge

Tract 39059977300 · Guernsey County, OH · pop 3,090 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

With a score of 5.7/10, tract 39059977300 in the Wheeling Avenue Historic District area of Cambridge, OH reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. The severe-burden share is 33%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 27% Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units1,451
Renter share44.9%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate32.6%
Median income$38,385

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Wheeling Avenue Historic District
Very High
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 4 tracts In Cambridge
Very High
Within county
89 th percentile
Rank, 89th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 10 tracts In Guernsey County
High
Within state
89 th percentile
Rank, 89th percentileLowHigh
#353 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Cambridge and the region

Centroid at 40.0197, -81.6165 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wheeling Avenue Historic District scores 5.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Cambridge
3.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.6
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
32.6% poverty · this tract
8.1
Supply constraint
$734 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Cambridge
8.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Cambridge
9.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Cambridge
8.7

How Wheeling Avenue Historic District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Wheeling Avenue Historic District risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.7This tracttract 9773004.3Cambridgeparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 86

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 188Total filings over 11 yrs
  • 2.41%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.8%Peak (2006)
  • 17Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 39059977300
Filings climbed 31% over the past 11 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Wheeling Avenue Historic District. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Wheeling Avenue Historic District

The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.3/10. On the high side, housing-court posture reads 8.7/10.

The poverty rate is 33%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. It sits 1.7 points above the Guernsey County average of 4.0. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.3/10.

Against Guernsey County at 35.0%, 41% of renters here are cost-burdened. The filing record is not thin: 188 evictions over 11 years of observation.

The worst year on record was 2006, when 3.8% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 2.4% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 74th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 8.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the OH average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 39059977300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39059977300?

Census tract 39059977300 in the Wheeling Avenue Historic District neighborhood scores 5.7/10 (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 39059977300?

Median gross rent is $734/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39059977300?

32.6% of residents in tract 39059977300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,090.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39059977300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 68th, household 88th, minority 16th, housing 98th.
Q5

Is tract 39059977300 considered part of Wheeling Avenue Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39059977300 fall within Wheeling Avenue Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39059977300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 188 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 39059977300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.41% of renter households, peaking at 3.8% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 39059977300 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.7% 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. 11.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 39059977300 compare to Cambridge overall?

Tract 39059977300 scores 5.7/10, higher than the parent city of Cambridge at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Cambridge; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Cambridge

Top eight tracts in Cambridge ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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