Brighton Eviction Risk: Moderate , Cincinnati

What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.3/10. 20% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The poverty rate is 30%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10. Against the Hamilton County average of 4.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.4/10.

Against Hamilton County at 42.5%, 37% of renters here are cost-burdened. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 816 filings here across 16 tracked years.

SNAP participation runs 23.1% against 15.2% nationally. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 15.1% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The worst year on record was 2003, when 20.7% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 14.7% of renter households face a filing.

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