Neighborhood · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally

Downtown Eviction Risk: Moderate , Marion

Tract 39101000700 · Marion County, OH · pop 2,539 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

Census tract 39101000700 covers part of the Downtown area of Marion, OH, and scores 4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,539 residents. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.6/10.

Risk score

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 11% Stable renters 21% Owners 68%

Tract context

Occupied units1,202

Renter share32.2%

SVI overall0.61

Poverty rate10.2%

Median income$60,114

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Marion and the region

Centroid at 40.5847, -83.1073 · click any tract to drill in

Why Downtown scores 4

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

10.2% poverty · this tract

2.6

Supply constraint

$853 rent vs county FMR

3.8

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.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 61

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

61%Socioeconomic
77%Household composition
25%Racial/ethnic minority
52%Housing & transportation

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)

115Total filings over 7 yrs
5.53%Avg annual filing rate
8.8%Peak (2015)
14Filings in 2018 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2002 to 2018

Filings climbed 250% 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.

11.3%Housing insecurity
8.2%Utility-shutoff threat
14.1%Food insecurity
11.9%SNAP enrollment
7.9%Transit barriers
8.4%No health insurance
19.1%Frequent mental distress
33.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Downtown

Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. 16% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. 34% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Marion County average of 40.0%.

On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.4/10. Court records carry 115 eviction filings across 7 observed years. Filings peaked in 2015 at 8.8% of renter households.

In a typical year about 5.5% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 42nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.5/10. Against average income of $60,114, annual rent is just 17%. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

It tracks the Marion County average of 4.4 closely. Average gross rent is $853, close to the Marion average.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 39101000700

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39101000700?

Census tract 39101000700 in the Downtown neighborhood scores 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.

What is the average rent in tract 39101000700?

Median gross rent is $853/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 39101000700?

10.2% of residents in tract 39101000700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,539.

How socially vulnerable is tract 39101000700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 77th, minority 25th, housing 52th.

Is tract 39101000700 considered part of Downtown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39101000700 fall within Downtown (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39101000700?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 115 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 39101000700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.53% of renter households, peaking at 8.8% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 39101000700 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.3% 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. 8.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 39101000700 compare to Marion overall?

Tract 39101000700 scores 4/10, right in line with 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.

Eviction Lab tract-level court records (2000-2018) and Eviction Tracking System, Princeton University. Open Data Commons Attribution license. evictionlab.org