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Census Tract · Ranked #58,384 of 84,120 nationally

Kettering Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 39113021000 · Montgomery County, OH · pop 1,856

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 39113021000 (Kettering, Ohio) comes in at 5.6/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 60% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

50% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,116 a month while the average household earns $60,208 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 41% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20% Stable renters 20% Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units741
Renter share40.6%
SVI overall0.32
Poverty rate8.2%
Median income$60,208

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
64 th percentile
Rank, 64th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 23 tracts In Kettering
Elevated
Within county
39 th percentile
Rank, 39th percentileLowHigh
#96 of 156 tracts In Montgomery County
Low
Within state
39 th percentile
Rank, 39th percentileLowHigh
#1,935 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Low
National
31 th percentile
Rank, 31st percentileLowHigh
#58,384 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Kettering and the region

Centroid at 39.7131, -84.1480 · click any tract to drill in

Why Kettering scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Kettering
5.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.1
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
8.2% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,116 rent vs county FMR
5.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kettering
5.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kettering
7.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kettering
4.9

How Kettering compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Kettering risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.03.0This tracttract 021000Kettering: 2.42.4Ketteringparent cityCounty: 3.83.8Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 32

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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)

  • 102Total filings over 17 yrs
  • 4.06%Avg annual filing rate
  • 12.2%Peak (2005)
  • 5Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 391130210002002: 8 filings (4.79/100 renter HHs)2003: 3 filings (1.80/100 renter HHs)2004: 7 filings (4.19/100 renter HHs)2005: 11 filings (12.22/100 renter HHs)2006: 3 filings (3.33/100 renter HHs)2007: 4 filings (4.44/100 renter HHs)2008: 6 filings (6.67/100 renter HHs)2009: 5 filings (5.56/100 renter HHs)2010: 1 filings (0.51/100 renter HHs)2011: 5 filings (2.37/100 renter HHs)2012: 5 filings (2.37/100 renter HHs)2013: 7 filings (3.32/100 renter HHs)2014: 7 filings (3.32/100 renter HHs)2015: 10 filings (4.74/100 renter HHs)2016: 8 filings (3.76/100 renter HHs)2017: 7 filings (3.29/100 renter HHs)2018: 5 filings (2.35/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 38% over the past 17 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 Kettering

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 7.4/10. 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 Kettering 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 Montgomery County average of 5.4 and above the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 102 eviction filings here over 17 tracked years, with about 4.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 12.2% of renter households in 2005.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 32nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 39113021000

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39113021000?

Census tract 39113021000 in Kettering scores 3/10 (Lower 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 39113021000?

Median gross rent is $1,116/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39113021000?

8.2% of residents in tract 39113021000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,856.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39113021000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 44th, household 39th, minority 28th, housing 23th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39113021000?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 102 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 39113021000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.06% of renter households, peaking at 12.2% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 39113021000 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.7% 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. 8.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 39113021000 compare to Kettering overall?

Tract 39113021000 scores 3/10, higher than the parent city of Kettering at 2.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kettering eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 39113021000 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 30% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Kettering

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

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