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Neighborhood · Ranked #65,414 of 84,120 nationally

Observatory Historic District Eviction Risk: Lower , Cincinnati

Tract 39061004800 · Hamilton County, OH · pop 3,527 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

Tract 39061004800 sits in the Observatory Historic District area of Cincinnati eviction risk, OH, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.1/10. Population here is 3,527. 22% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well under the Hamilton County average of 42.5%.

Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6% Stable renters 20% Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,401
Renter share26.1%
SVI overall0.00
Poverty rate2.3%
Median income$200,817

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Observatory Historic District
Very High
Within parent city
4 th percentile
Rank, 4th percentileLowHigh
#106 of 110 tracts In Cincinnati
Very Low
Within county
30 th percentile
Rank, 30th percentileLowHigh
#159 of 226 tracts In Hamilton County
Low
Within state
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#2,128 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Cincinnati and the region

Centroid at 39.1323, -84.4170 · click any tract to drill in

Why Observatory Historic District scores 3.1

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
2.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,390 rent vs county FMR
5.8
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 Observatory Historic District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Observatory Historic District risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.1This tracttract 0048004.5Cincinnatiparent city4.4Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 0

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)

  • 46Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 1.16%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.9%Peak (2012)
  • 1Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 39061004800
Filings dropped 67% over the past 16 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 12Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.2Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.2Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.77×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Observatory 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 Observatory Historic District

At $1,390 a month, rents run 39% over what the rest of Cincinnati commands. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10. Disability prevalence runs 14.7% against 31.5% nationally.

On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.3/10. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10.

It sits 1.3 points below the Hamilton County average of 4.4. The filing record is not thin: 46 evictions over 15 years of observation.

The severe-burden share is 9%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Adults with no health insurance runs 3.2% against 11.3% nationally.

Filings peaked in 2012 at 1.9% of renter households. In a typical year about 1.2% of renter households face a filing.

That is riskier than roughly 22% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1/10.

Against average income of $200,817, annual rent is just 8%.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 39061004800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39061004800?

Census tract 39061004800 in the Observatory Historic District neighborhood scores 3.1/10 (Lower 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 39061004800?

Median gross rent is $1,390/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 22% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39061004800?

2.3% of residents in tract 39061004800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,527.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39061004800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 0th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 0th, household 12th, minority 24th, housing 1th.
Q5

Is tract 39061004800 considered part of Observatory Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39061004800 fall within Observatory Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39061004800?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 46 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 39061004800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.16% of renter households, peaking at 1.9% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 39061004800 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.77× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Cincinnati eviction risk, OH), 2020-2021.
Q8

What share of households in tract 39061004800 struggle to pay rent?

About 4.4% 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. 3.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9

How does tract 39061004800 compare to Cincinnati overall?

Tract 39061004800 scores 3.1/10, lower than the parent city of Cincinnati at 4.5/10. 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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