Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally
Wheeling Avenue Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Cambridge
Tract 39059977600 · Guernsey County, OH · pop 2,892 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
Census tract 39059977600 covers part of the Wheeling Avenue Historic District area of Cambridge, OH, and scores 5.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. Against Guernsey County at 35.0%, 54% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units1,351
Renter share60.7%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate34.2%
Median income$30,469
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cambridge and the region
Centroid at 40.0208, -81.5703 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wheeling Avenue Historic District scores 5.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
34.2% poverty · this tract
8.6
Supply constraint
$900 rent vs county FMR
5.2
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 84
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 77%Socioeconomic
- 84%Household composition
- 8%Racial/ethnic minority
- 95%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)
- 202Total filings over 11 yrs
- 2.46%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.1%Peak (2008)
- 18Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 50% 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.
- 18.8%Housing insecurity
- 15.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 29.6%Food insecurity
- 32.1%SNAP enrollment
- 14.7%Transit barriers
- 13.5%No health insurance
- 23.0%Frequent mental distress
- 45.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wheeling Avenue Historic District
Severe burden reaches 32%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.3/10.
The poverty rate is 34%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Set annual rent against average income of $30,469 and the ratio lands at 35%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.
Running hot, housing-court posture reads 8.7/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, economic stress reads 8.6/10. It sits 1.7 points above the Guernsey County average of 4.0.
Food insecurity runs 29.6% against 17.8% nationally. Court records carry 202 eviction filings across 11 observed years. Average gross rent is $900, 14% above the Cambridge average.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 15.6% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Filings peaked in 2008 at 3.1% of renter households.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 39059977600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39059977600?
Census tract 39059977600 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 39059977600?
Median gross rent is $900/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39059977600?
34.2% of residents in tract 39059977600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,892.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39059977600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 84th, minority 8th, housing 95th.
Q5
Is tract 39059977600 considered part of Wheeling Avenue Historic District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39059977600 fall within Wheeling Avenue Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39059977600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 202 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 39059977600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.46% of renter households, peaking at 3.1% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 39059977600 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.8% 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. 15.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 39059977600 compare to Cambridge overall?
Tract 39059977600 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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