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Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally

Washington Avenue Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Elyria

Tract 39093070500 · Lorain County, OH · pop 2,702 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

With a score of 5.4/10, tract 39093070500 in the Washington Avenue Historic District area of Elyria, OH reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. The severe-burden share is 37%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26% Stable renters 22% Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units1,229
Renter share48.1%
SVI overall0.81
Poverty rate24.5%
Median income$42,221

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Washington Avenue Historic District
Very High
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 18 tracts In Elyria
Very High
Within county
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#18 of 79 tracts In Lorain County
High
Within state
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#554 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Elyria and the region

Centroid at 41.3770, -82.1180 · click any tract to drill in

Why Washington Avenue Historic District scores 5.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Elyria
5.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.9
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
24.5% poverty · this tract
6.1
Supply constraint
$835 rent vs county FMR
1.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Elyria
5.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Elyria
8.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Elyria
6.4

How Washington Avenue Historic District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Washington Avenue Historic District risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.4This tracttract 0705004.0Elyriaparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 81

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)

  • 393Total filings over 11 yrs
  • 6.79%Avg annual filing rate
  • 11.4%Peak (2002)
  • 42Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 39093070500
Filings dropped 21% over the past 11 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Washington Avenue 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 Washington Avenue Historic District

53% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Lorain County average of 40.1%. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1.9/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.1/10. The poverty rate is 25%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

It sits 1.3 points above the Lorain County average of 4.1. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.4/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 393 filings here across 11 tracked years.

SNAP participation runs 22.7% against 15.2% nationally. The worst year on record was 2002, when 11.4% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 6.8% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 70% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the OH average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

Average gross rent is $835, close to the Elyria average.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 39093070500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39093070500?

Census tract 39093070500 in the Washington Avenue Historic District neighborhood 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.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 39093070500?

Median gross rent is $835/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39093070500?

24.5% of residents in tract 39093070500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,702.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39093070500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 81th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 67th, minority 51th, housing 69th.
Q5

Is tract 39093070500 considered part of Washington Avenue Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39093070500 fall within Washington Avenue Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39093070500?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 393 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 39093070500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.79% of renter households, peaking at 11.4% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 39093070500 struggle to pay rent?

About 18.7% 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. 14.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 39093070500 compare to Elyria overall?

Tract 39093070500 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Elyria at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Elyria eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Elyria

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

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