North Street Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Steubenville

SNAP participation runs 41.5% against 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 60%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Average gross rent is $476, 39% below the Steubenville average.

83% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1/10.

Annualized rent equals 33% of average household income of $17,250, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.7/10.

Against Jefferson County at 39.7%, around a third of renters here are cost-burdened. Against the Jefferson County average of 3.9, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 21.8% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

The severe-burden share is 9%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Court records carry 92 eviction filings across 2 observed years.

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