1 census tracts · pop 898 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.9/10
· range 5.9–5.9
Kensington maps to a single census tract in Youngstown, OH, population 898. The Eviction Risk Score is 5.9/10, in the Moderate tier. 28.4% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, against a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
What pushes the score up most is economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 53%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 32.5% of adults, against 14.2% nationally. On the high side is tenant-organizing strength at 8.6/10. Sitting well above the midpoint is housing-court posture at 8.6/10.
Severe burden reaches 18%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. roughly one in three of renters spend 30% or more of household income on rent.
The filing record is not thin: 221 evictions logged in this tract. The worst year on record was 2012, when filings touched 20.4% of renter households. Recent filings have not receded much: 14.0% in 2016 against a 20.4% peak.
Among the 26 mapped neighborhoods of Youngstown, it ranks #1 by risk, the upper third. Social vulnerability runs high at 8.8/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.
One tract means one number: 5.9/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
5.9
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Kensington vs YoungstownHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority80%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport33%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Kensington
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
221Total filings (sum)
15.44%Avg annual filing rate
20.4%Peak year (2012)
14.03%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Kensington
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
32.5%Housing insecurity
28.4%Utility shutoff threat
46.6%Food insecurity
50.7%SNAP enrollment
18.4%No health insurance
47.3%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Kensington
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Kensington?
Kensington scores 5.9/10 (Moderate tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Kensington compare to Youngstown overall?
Kensington scores 1.4 points higher than Youngstown overall (4.5/10). Renters spend 32% of income on rent vs 34% citywide.
Q3
What percentage of Kensington residents are renters?
42% of Kensington households are renter-occupied (vs 44% in Youngstown). The neighborhood has 898 residents.
Q4
Is Kensington a high social-vulnerability area?
Kensington sits in the 87th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q5
How safe is Kensington for landlords?
Kensington carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.9/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Youngstown as a whole (4.5/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q6
What is the demographic breakdown of Kensington?
Kensington has 843 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (44.4%), Black (non-Hispanic) (37.2%), Hispanic / Latino (13.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
