Gibsonville Eviction Risk: Moderate , Youngstown

What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 46%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Food insecurity runs 37.9% against 17.8% nationally. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.6/10. Running hot, housing-court posture reads 8.6/10.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 23.7% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Against the Mahoning County average of 4.5, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points. 50% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Mahoning County average of 42.6%.

At $855 a month, rents run 17% over what the rest of Youngstown commands. The filing record is not thin: 274 evictions over 7 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2013 at 16.1% of renter households.

This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Youngstown. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 15.0% of renter households face a filing.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.