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Neighborhood · Ranked #22,681 of 84,120 nationally

Downtown Eviction Risk: Moderate , Marion

Tract 39101000200 · Marion County, OH · pop 2,888 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

39101000200 is a census tract in the Downtown area of Marion, OH. It scores 5.6/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,888 residents. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.6/10.

Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23% Stable renters 33% Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units1,045
Renter share55.8%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate23.7%
Median income$36,411

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 8 tracts In Downtown
Very High
Within parent city
69 th percentile
Rank, 69th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 14 tracts In Marion
Elevated
Within county
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 18 tracts In Marion County
Very High
Within state
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#466 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Marion and the region

Centroid at 40.5956, -83.1430 · click any tract to drill in

Why Downtown scores 5.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Marion
3.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.1
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
23.7% poverty · this tract
5.9
Supply constraint
$821 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Marion
6.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Marion
8.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Marion
7.4

How Downtown compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Downtown risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.6This tracttract 0002004.2Marionparent city4.4Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 78

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)

  • 449Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 12.10%Avg annual filing rate
  • 16.0%Peak (2014)
  • 81Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 39101000200
Filings climbed 103% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Downtown. 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 Downtown

23% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. The poverty rate is 24%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Against the Marion County average of 4.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.4/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 449 filings here across 7 tracked years.

The worst year on record was 2014, when 16.0% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 12.1% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 73% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

Social vulnerability reads 8.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the OH average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

Rent takes 30% or more of income for 41% of renters. Average gross rent is $821, close to the Marion average.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 39101000200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39101000200?

Census tract 39101000200 in the Downtown neighborhood scores 5.6/10 (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 39101000200?

Median gross rent is $821/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39101000200?

23.7% of residents in tract 39101000200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,888.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39101000200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 60th, minority 13th, housing 94th.
Q5

Is tract 39101000200 considered part of Downtown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39101000200 fall within Downtown (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39101000200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 449 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 39101000200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.10% of renter households, peaking at 16.0% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 39101000200 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. 12.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 39101000200 compare to Marion overall?

Tract 39101000200 scores 5.6/10, higher than the parent city of Marion at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Marion eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Marion

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

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