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Census Tract · Ranked #34,332 of 84,120 nationally

Marion Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 39101000400 · Marion County, OH · pop 3,326 · 78% of tract blocks fall in Marion

Census tract 39101000400 sits in Marion eviction risk in Marion County, Ohio eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.3/10. It lands near the 49th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 23% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $939 monthly, set against $55,234 in average yearly household income, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 21% of occupied homes.

Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5% Stable renters 16% Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units1,433
Renter share21.3%
SVI overall0.46
Poverty rate17.7%
Median income$55,234

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#8 of 14 tracts In Marion
Moderate
Within county
59 th percentile
Rank, 59th percentileLowHigh
#8 of 18 tracts In Marion County
Elevated
Within state
68 th percentile
Rank, 68th percentileLowHigh
#1,022 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Elevated
National
59 th percentile
Rank, 59th percentileLowHigh
#34,332 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Marion and the region

Centroid at 40.5665, -83.1495 · click any tract to drill in

Why Marion scores 4.4

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
17.7% poverty · this tract
4.4
Supply constraint
$939 rent vs county FMR
4.7
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 Marion compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Marion risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.44.4This tracttract 000400Marion: 2.92.9Marionparent cityCounty: 4.14.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 46

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)

  • 276Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 8.56%Avg annual filing rate
  • 9.3%Peak (2018)
  • 49Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 391010004002002: 29 filings (8.53/100 renter HHs)2005: 41 filings (9.07/100 renter HHs)2011: 47 filings (9.89/100 renter HHs)2013: 45 filings (9.47/100 renter HHs)2014: 33 filings (6.95/100 renter HHs)2015: 32 filings (6.74/100 renter HHs)2018: 49 filings (9.26/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 69% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

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 Marion

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.6/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. 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 about the same as the Marion County average of 5.6 and in line with the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 14.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 276 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 8.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 9.3% of renter households in 2018.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 39101000400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39101000400?

Census tract 39101000400 in Marion scores 4.4/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 39101000400?

Median gross rent is $939/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 23% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39101000400?

17.7% of residents in tract 39101000400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,326.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39101000400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 46th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 62th, household 80th, minority 11th, housing 16th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39101000400?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 276 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 39101000400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.56% of renter households, peaking at 9.3% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 39101000400 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.1% 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. 10.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 39101000400 compare to Marion overall?

Tract 39101000400 scores 4.4/10, 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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