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Neighborhood · Ranked #41,065 of 84,120 nationally

Knowltons Corner Eviction Risk: Moderate , Cincinnati

Tract 39061007500 · Hamilton County, OH · pop 1,996 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

How risky is the Knowltons Corner area of Cincinnati for landlords? Census tract 39061007500 scores 5.7/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 64th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 59% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 51% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,002 monthly, set against $74,388 in average yearly household income, roughly 16% of income at the averages. About 28% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17% Stable renters 12% Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units1,066
Renter share28.4%
SVI overall0.18
Poverty rate11.6%
Median income$74,388

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#8 of 8 tracts In Knowltons Corner
Very Low
Within parent city
25 th percentile
Rank, 25th percentileLowHigh
#83 of 110 tracts In Cincinnati
Low
Within county
55 th percentile
Rank, 55th percentileLowHigh
#103 of 226 tracts In Hamilton County
Moderate
Within state
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#1,265 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Cincinnati and the region

Centroid at 39.1743, -84.5389 · click any tract to drill in

Why Knowltons Corner scores 4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Cincinnati
6.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
11.6% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$1,002 rent vs county FMR
2.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Cincinnati
2.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Cincinnati
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Cincinnati
4.5

How Knowltons Corner compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Knowltons Corner risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.04.0This tracttract 007500Cincinnati: 3.43.4Cincinnatiparent cityCounty: 3.83.8Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 18

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)

  • 507Total filings over 16 yrs
  • 7.71%Avg annual filing rate
  • 11.9%Peak (2003)
  • 15Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 390610075002002: 46 filings (9.56/100 renter HHs)2003: 57 filings (11.85/100 renter HHs)2004: 48 filings (9.98/100 renter HHs)2005: 28 filings (6.35/100 renter HHs)2006: 33 filings (7.48/100 renter HHs)2007: 28 filings (6.35/100 renter HHs)2008: 24 filings (5.44/100 renter HHs)2009: 31 filings (7.03/100 renter HHs)2010: 26 filings (6.39/100 renter HHs)2011: 38 filings (11.41/100 renter HHs)2012: 21 filings (6.31/100 renter HHs)2013: 27 filings (8.11/100 renter HHs)2014: 41 filings (12.31/100 renter HHs)2015: 22 filings (6.61/100 renter HHs)2016: 22 filings (4.84/100 renter HHs)2018: 15 filings (3.30/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 67% over the past 16 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 190Total filings 2020-21
  • 2.5Avg monthly (observed)
  • 2.2Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.14×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline2020-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-07-01: 2 filings (0.67× baseline)2020-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-10-01: 2 filings (1.00× baseline)2020-11-01: 1 filings (0.38× baseline)2020-12-01: 2 filings (0.83× baseline)2021-01-01: 1 filings (0.50× baseline)2021-02-01: 1 filings (0.71× baseline)2021-03-01: 1 filings (0.83× baseline)2021-04-01: 2 filings (0.67× baseline)2021-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-06-01: 1 filings (0.56× baseline)2021-07-01: 3 filings (1.00× baseline)2021-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-09-01: 2 filings (0.77× baseline)2021-10-01: 2 filings (1.00× baseline)2021-11-01: 2 filings (0.77× baseline)2021-12-01: 1 filings (0.42× baseline)2022-01-01: 2 filings (1.00× baseline)2022-02-01: 1 filings (0.71× baseline)2022-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-04-01: 2 filings (0.67× baseline)2022-05-01: 3 filings (1.36× baseline)2022-06-01: 4 filings (2.22× baseline)2022-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-08-01: 2 filings (0.56× baseline)2022-09-01: 3 filings (1.15× baseline)2022-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-11-01: 2 filings (0.77× baseline)2022-12-01: 3 filings (1.25× baseline)2023-01-01: 2 filings (1.00× baseline)2023-02-01: 2 filings (1.43× baseline)2023-03-01: 1 filings (0.83× baseline)2023-04-01: 2 filings (0.67× baseline)2023-05-01: 3 filings (1.36× baseline)2023-06-01: 4 filings (2.22× baseline)2023-07-01: 2 filings (0.67× baseline)2023-08-01: 6 filings (1.67× baseline)2023-09-01: 3 filings (1.15× baseline)2023-10-01: 7 filings (3.50× baseline)2023-11-01: 4 filings (1.54× baseline)2023-12-01: 3 filings (1.25× baseline)2024-01-01: 7 filings (3.50× baseline)2024-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-03-01: 3 filings (2.50× baseline)2024-04-01: 4 filings (1.33× baseline)2024-05-01: 6 filings (2.73× baseline)2024-06-01: 3 filings (1.67× baseline)2024-07-01: 6 filings (2.00× baseline)2024-08-01: 1 filings (0.28× baseline)2024-09-01: 3 filings (1.15× baseline)2024-10-01: 5 filings (2.50× baseline)2024-11-01: 1 filings (0.38× baseline)2024-12-01: 1 filings (0.42× baseline)2025-01-01: 2 filings (1.00× baseline)2025-02-01: 3 filings (2.14× baseline)2025-03-01: 3 filings (2.50× baseline)2025-04-01: 5 filings (1.67× baseline)2025-05-01: 3 filings (1.36× baseline)2025-06-01: 1 filings (0.56× baseline)2025-07-01: 13 filings (4.33× baseline)2025-08-01: 4 filings (1.11× baseline)2025-09-01: 8 filings (3.08× baseline)2025-10-01: 7 filings (3.50× baseline)2025-11-01: 1 filings (0.38× baseline)2025-12-01: 5 filings (2.08× baseline)2026-01-01: 5 filings (50.00× baseline)2026-02-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2026-03-01: 4 filings (40.00× baseline)2026-04-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2026-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)

Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Cincinnati, OH as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Knowltons Corner. 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 Knowltons Corner

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 5.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Cincinnati eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Hamilton County average of 5.6 and above the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 18th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

In CDC survey modeling, about 8.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 39061007500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39061007500?

Census tract 39061007500 in the Knowltons Corner neighborhood scores 4/10 (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 39061007500?

Median gross rent is $1,002/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39061007500?

11.6% of residents in tract 39061007500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,996.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39061007500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 18th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 27th, household 5th, minority 35th, housing 41th.
Q5

Is tract 39061007500 considered part of Knowltons Corner?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39061007500 fall within Knowltons Corner (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39061007500?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 507 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 39061007500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.71% of renter households, peaking at 11.9% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 39061007500 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.14× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Cincinnati eviction risk, OH), 2020-2021.
Q8

What share of households in tract 39061007500 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.5% 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. 6.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9

How does tract 39061007500 compare to Cincinnati overall?

Tract 39061007500 scores 4/10, higher than the parent city of Cincinnati at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Cincinnati eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Cincinnati

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

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