Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #44,543 of 84,120 nationally
Norwalk Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 39077916500 · Huron County, OH · pop 4,463 · 0% of tract blocks fall in Norwalk
Tract 39077916500 covers Norwalk in Huron County in Ohio. Home to 4,463 residents, it scores 4.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 25% of US census tracts.
About 29% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $725 monthly, set against $66,941 in average yearly household income, roughly 13% of income at the averages. About 13% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units1,780
Renter share12.8%
SVI overall0.18
Poverty rate12.8%
Median income$66,941
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
58
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
56
th percentile
Elevated
National
47
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Norwalk and the region
Centroid at 41.1527, -82.5268 · click any tract to drill in
Why Norwalk scores 3.8
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
12.8% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$725 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: 18
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 32%Socioeconomic
- 22%Household composition
- 8%Racial/ethnic minority
- 22%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)
- 8Total filings over 2 yrs
- 2.39%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.9%Peak (2017)
- 5Filings 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.
- 10.0%Housing insecurity
- 7.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.7%Food insecurity
- 10.7%SNAP enrollment
- 7.0%Transit barriers
- 7.5%No health insurance
- 17.5%Frequent mental distress
- 31.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Norwalk
The score leans hardest on 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 safer 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 10.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.3% 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 39077916500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39077916500?
Census tract 39077916500 in Norwalk scores 3.8/10 (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 39077916500?
Median gross rent is $725/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39077916500?
12.8% of residents in tract 39077916500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,463.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39077916500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 18th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 32th, household 22th, minority 8th, housing 22th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39077916500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 8 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 39077916500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.39% of renter households, peaking at 2.9% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 39077916500 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.0% 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. 7.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 39077916500 compare to Norwalk overall?
Tract 39077916500 scores 3.8/10, 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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