Census Tract · Ranked #19,562 of 84,120 nationally

Ironton Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 39087050100 · Lawrence County, OH · pop 2,792 · 97% of tract blocks fall in Ironton

Eviction risk in Ironton centers on tract 39087050100, which scores 4.4/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 2,792 residents. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

10% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $935 monthly, set against $50,588 in average yearly household income, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 32% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

5.4

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 3% Stable renters 29% Owners 68%

Tract context

Occupied units912

Renter share31.6%

SVI overall0.44

Poverty rate27.4%

Median income$50,588

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Ironton and the region

Centroid at 38.5114, -82.6595 · click any tract to drill in

Why Ironton scores 5.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Ironton

3.4

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

2.7

State political climate

Ohio legislature & governorship

2.4

Economic stress

27.4% poverty · this tract

6.9

Supply constraint

$935 rent vs county FMR

4.6

Rent control risk

Inherited from Ironton

5.8

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.3

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Ironton

8.3

Housing court bias

Inherited from Ironton

7.2

How Ironton compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 44

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

72%Socioeconomic
59%Household composition
1%Racial/ethnic minority
17%Housing & transportation

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.

15.9%Housing insecurity
13.4%Utility-shutoff threat
24.0%Food insecurity
25.4%SNAP enrollment
11.9%Transit barriers
10.5%No health insurance
21.4%Frequent mental distress
45.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Ironton

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 8.3/10. 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 Ironton, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Lawrence County average of 4.6 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 44th 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 15.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 13.4% 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 39087050100

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39087050100?

Census tract 39087050100 in Ironton scores 5.4/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 39087050100?

Median gross rent is $935/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 10% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 39087050100?

27.4% of residents in tract 39087050100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,792.

How socially vulnerable is tract 39087050100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 44th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 59th, minority 1th, housing 17th.

What share of households in tract 39087050100 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.9% 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. 13.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 39087050100 compare to Ironton overall?

Tract 39087050100 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Ironton at 2.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ironton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Ironton

Top eight tracts in Ironton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.