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

Downtown Eviction Risk: Moderate , Marion

Tract 39101000800 · Marion County, OH · pop 2,465 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

Census tract 39101000800 covers part of the Downtown area of Marion, OH, and scores 5.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,465 residents. Against Marion County at 40.0%, 56% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26% Stable renters 20% Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units901
Renter share46.8%
SVI overall0.54
Poverty rate23.1%
Median income$40,655

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
57 th percentile
Rank, 57th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 8 tracts In Downtown
Elevated
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 14 tracts In Marion
Very High
Within county
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#6 of 18 tracts In Marion County
Elevated
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 40.5912, -83.1068 · 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
23.1% poverty · this tract
5.8
Supply constraint
$893 rent vs county FMR
4.2
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 0008004.2Marionparent city4.4Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 54

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)

  • 222Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 8.43%Avg annual filing rate
  • 11.4%Peak (2013)
  • 38Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 39101000800
Filings climbed 138% 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 tenant-organizing strength at 8.6/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10.

The severe-burden share is 19%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The poverty rate is 23%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Against the Marion County average of 4.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points. SNAP participation runs 26.0% against 15.2% nationally.

On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.4/10. The filing record is not thin: 222 evictions over 7 years of observation.

Food insecurity runs 24.9% against 17.8% nationally. Filings peaked in 2013 at 11.4% of renter households.

In a typical year about 8.4% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 73rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.8/10.

Statewide the OH average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 39101000800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39101000800?

Census tract 39101000800 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 39101000800?

Median gross rent is $893/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39101000800?

23.1% of residents in tract 39101000800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,465.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39101000800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 54th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 43th, minority 25th, housing 29th.
Q5

Is tract 39101000800 considered part of Downtown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39101000800 fall within Downtown (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39101000800?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 222 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 39101000800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.43% of renter households, peaking at 11.4% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 39101000800 struggle to pay rent?

About 17.0% 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. 14.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 39101000800 compare to Marion overall?

Tract 39101000800 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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