Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #29,578 of 84,120 nationally
Norwalk Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 39077915800 · Huron County, OH · pop 4,601 · 66% of tract blocks fall in Norwalk
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 39077915800 (Norwalk, Ohio) comes in at 4.7/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 28th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 26% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $726 a month against an average household income of $53,359 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 38% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units1,989
Renter share37.9%
SVI overall0.55
Poverty rate20.6%
Median income$53,359
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
74
th percentile
Elevated
National
65
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Norwalk and the region
Centroid at 41.2678, -82.6344 · click any tract to drill in
Why Norwalk scores 4.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Norwalk
3.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.9
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
20.6% poverty · this tract
5.1
Supply constraint
$726 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Norwalk
3.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Norwalk
7.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Norwalk
5.3
How Norwalk compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 55
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 67%Socioeconomic
- 79%Household composition
- 21%Racial/ethnic minority
- 27%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)
- 86Total filings over 2 yrs
- 5.98%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.2%Peak (2015)
- 40Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 13.4%Housing insecurity
- 10.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.6%Food insecurity
- 17.3%SNAP enrollment
- 9.6%Transit barriers
- 10.6%No health insurance
- 19.2%Frequent mental distress
- 37.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Norwalk
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 7.5/10. 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 Norwalk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Huron County average of 4.7 and below 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 55th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 86 eviction filings here over 2 tracked years, with about 6.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 6.2% of renter households in 2015.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 39077915800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39077915800?
Census tract 39077915800 in Norwalk scores 4.7/10 (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 39077915800?
Median gross rent is $726/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39077915800?
20.6% of residents in tract 39077915800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,601.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39077915800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 67th, household 79th, minority 21th, housing 27th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39077915800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 86 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 39077915800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.98% of renter households, peaking at 6.2% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 39077915800 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.4% 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. 10.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 39077915800 compare to Norwalk overall?
Tract 39077915800 scores 4.7/10, higher than the parent city of Norwalk at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Norwalk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Norwalk
Top eight tracts in Norwalk ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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