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Neighborhood · Ranked #41,206 of 84,120 nationally

West Main Street Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Norwalk

Tract 39077915600 · Huron County, OH · pop 5,505 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

Census tract 39077915600 covers part of the West Main Street Historic District area of Norwalk, OH, and scores 4.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. 17% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11% Stable renters 20% Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units2,411
Renter share30.8%
SVI overall0.41
Poverty rate18.8%
Median income$63,909

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In West Main Street Historic District
Very High
Within parent city
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 5 tracts In Norwalk
High
Within county
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#2 of 13 tracts In Huron County
Very High
Within state
62 th percentile
Rank, 62nd percentileLowHigh
#1,200 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Norwalk and the region

Centroid at 41.2354, -82.5947 · click any tract to drill in

Why West Main Street Historic District scores 4.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
18.8% poverty · this tract
4.7
Supply constraint
$829 rent vs county FMR
4.4
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 West Main Street Historic District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
West Main Street Historic District risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.5This tracttract 9156003.7Norwalkparent city3.7Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 41

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)

  • 22Total filings over 2 yrs
  • 1.97%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.9%Peak (2015)
  • 6Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within West Main Street 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 West Main Street Historic District

Pulling hardest the other way is state political climate at 2.4/10. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.5/10.

On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.5/10. The poverty rate is 19%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 22 filings here across 2 tracked years. Against the Huron County average of 3.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.8 points. Filings peaked in 2015 at 2.9% of renter households.

In a typical year about 2.0% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #41,206 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.7/10. Against average income of $63,909, annual rent is just 16%. around a third of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 39077915600

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39077915600?

Census tract 39077915600 in the West Main Street Historic District neighborhood scores 4.5/10 (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 39077915600?

Median gross rent is $829/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39077915600?

18.8% of residents in tract 39077915600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,505.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39077915600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 41th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 27th, household 70th, minority 20th, housing 53th.
Q5

Is tract 39077915600 considered part of West Main Street Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39077915600 fall within West Main Street Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39077915600?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 22 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 39077915600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.97% of renter households, peaking at 2.9% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 39077915600 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. 7.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 39077915600 compare to Norwalk overall?

Tract 39077915600 scores 4.5/10, higher than the parent city of Norwalk at 3.7/10. 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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