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Neighborhood · Ranked #16,850 of 84,120 nationally

Downtown Eviction Risk: Moderate , Marion

Tract 39101000300 · Marion County, OH · pop 2,026 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

In the Downtown area of Marion, census tract 39101000300 scores 6.7/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 90% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 53% of renter households, a severe level, and 35% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $900 monthly, set against $32,286 in average yearly household income, roughly 33% of income at the averages. About 38% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20% Stable renters 18% Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units782
Renter share38.0%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate38.2%
Median income$32,286

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 8 tracts In Downtown
High
Within parent city
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#2 of 14 tracts In Marion
Very High
Within county
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 18 tracts In Marion County
Very High
Within state
89 th percentile
Rank, 89th percentileLowHigh
#365 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Marion and the region

Centroid at 40.5830, -83.1536 · 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
38.2% poverty · this tract
9.6
Supply constraint
$900 rent vs county FMR
4.3
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 / stateThis tract: 5.65.6This tracttract 000300Marion: 2.92.9Marionparent cityCounty: 4.14.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 66

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)

  • 152Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 7.21%Avg annual filing rate
  • 9.5%Peak (2013)
  • 28Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 391010003002002: 19 filings (7.99/100 renter HHs)2005: 14 filings (7.08/100 renter HHs)2011: 15 filings (4.59/100 renter HHs)2013: 31 filings (9.48/100 renter HHs)2014: 23 filings (7.03/100 renter HHs)2015: 22 filings (6.73/100 renter HHs)2018: 28 filings (7.55/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 47% 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

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 9.6/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Marion eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Marion County average of 5.6 and above the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 66th 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 18.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 15.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 39101000300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39101000300?

Census tract 39101000300 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 39101000300?

Median gross rent is $900/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39101000300?

38.2% of residents in tract 39101000300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,026.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39101000300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 77th, minority 32th, housing 22th.
Q5

Is tract 39101000300 considered part of Downtown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39101000300 fall within Downtown (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39101000300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 152 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 39101000300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.21% of renter households, peaking at 9.5% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 39101000300 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. 15.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 39101000300 compare to Marion overall?

Tract 39101000300 scores 5.6/10, higher than the parent city of Marion at 2.9/10. 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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