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Neighborhood · Cincinnati, OH

Mount Airy Eviction Risk: Moderate

5 census tracts · pop 17,858 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.5/10 · range 2.5–6.2

Mount Airy is a white-black neighborhood in Cincinnati with 5 census tracts and a population of 17,858 residents. The neighborhood's pop-weighted eviction-risk score of 4.5/10 (Moderate tier) blends state law, county-level filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty. 58% of renters here pay at least 30% of household income on rent, and 37% are severely cost-burdened (≥50% of income). Average gross rent of $879/month sits 12% lower than the Cincinnati citywide average ($1,001).

Risk score
4.5
Moderate
5 tracts · population-weighted
Mount Airy vs Cincinnati How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
58.3% +94%
Cincinnati: 30.1%
Average gross rent
$879 -12%
Cincinnati: $1,001
Average HH income
$47,755 -8%
Cincinnati: $51,707
Poverty rate
19.0% -22%
Cincinnati: 24.5%
Renter share
47.3% -21%
Cincinnati: 60.2%
Peer neighborhoods

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Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Mount Airy and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 5 tracts span score 2.5–6.2

Why Mount Airy scores 4.5

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 5.8–5.8 across tracts
5.8
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 6.2–6.8 across tracts
6.5
Rent control risk
58% of income on rent · Range 2.0–8.5 across tracts
3.3
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 1.8–5.0 across tracts
3.8
Tenant organizing strength
47% renter households · Range 4.7–6.6 across tracts
5.4
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 2.9–7.0 across tracts
4.3
Economic stress
19.0% below poverty line · Range 1.2–9.6 across tracts
4.7
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.2–2.6 across tracts
1.8
Risk score comparison

Mount Airy vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Mount Airy score vs. parent city, state, U.S.Mount Airy: 4.54.5Mount AiryNeighborhoodParent city: 3.43.4Parent cityhost cityState: 2.82.8Stateavg in stateU.S.: 4.74.7U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Mount Airy?

Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.

Score distribution
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Spread of 3.7 points from 2.5 to 6.2. This neighborhood crosses multiple risk tiers, so block-by-block conditions vary substantially.
Tracts as heat grid
Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.
Census tracts

5 tracts in Mount Airy

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
39061008501 6.2 3,094 63% $795
39061008300 6.1 4,854 88% $797
39061008400 5.1 2,133 61% $923
39061020811 2.6 5,502 35% $940
39061020763 2.5 2,275 44% $983
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 59

Pop-weighted across 5 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 54%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 75%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 63%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 46%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Mount Airy

Aggregated across 4 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 9,867Total filings (sum)
  • 14.29%Avg annual filing rate
  • 36.5%Peak year (2014)
  • 11.01%Latest filed (2018)

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 3,821Total filings 2020-21
  • 10.4Avg monthly observed
  • 10.3Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.28×Ratio to baseline

Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Cincinnati, OH).

CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Mount Airy

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Mount Airy

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Mount Airy?

Mount Airy scores 4.5/10 (Moderate tier) across 5 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 Mount Airy compare to Cincinnati overall?

Mount Airy scores 1.1 points higher than Cincinnati overall (3.4/10). Renters spend 58% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $879 vs $1,001.
Q3

What is the average rent in Mount Airy?

Average gross rent in Mount Airy is $879/month (pop-weighted across 5 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Mount Airy residents are renters?

47% of Mount Airy households are renter-occupied (vs 60% in Cincinnati). The neighborhood has 17,858 residents.
Q5

Is Mount Airy a high social-vulnerability area?

Mount Airy sits in the 59th 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 Mount Airy have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Mount Airy is census tract 39061008501 (score 6.2/10). Across the 5 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 2.5 to 6.2, a spread of 3.7 points.
Q7

How safe is Mount Airy for landlords?

Mount Airy carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.5/10). Pop-weighted across 5 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Cincinnati as a whole (3.4/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Mount Airy?

Mount Airy has 17,787 residents (White-Black Neighborhood). Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (47.7%), Black (non-Hispanic) (33.4%), Other / Multiracial (8.1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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