Shelby Center Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate
1 census tracts · pop 4,653 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.4/10
· range 4.4–4.4
Shelby Center Historic District is a one-tract neighborhood of Shelby, OH, population 4,653. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 4.4/10, in the Moderate tier. Cost burden runs 47% against 20.9% citywide, putting Shelby Center Historic District 25.7% over its own city.
Severe burden reaches 31%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. The strongest single driver of the headline number is tenant-organizing strength at 7.6/10. On the softer side is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.7/10.
Court records for this tract carry 315 eviction filings. The poverty rate is 16%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Running cool is supply constraint, at 2.9/10. Filing activity peaked in 2005 at 4.3% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 1.3% in 2017, is well off that peak.
Average gross rent is $733, 6% below the Shelby average of $780. Against average income of $53,067, annual rent is only 17%, a wide affordability cushion. 44% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 4.4/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Shelby Center Historic District vs ShelbyHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority13%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport72%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Shelby Center Historic District
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
315Total filings (sum)
3.01%Avg annual filing rate
4.3%Peak year (2005)
1.29%Latest filed (2017)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Shelby Center Historic District
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
10.8%Housing insecurity
7.9%Utility shutoff threat
13.5%Food insecurity
11.7%SNAP enrollment
8.4%No health insurance
30.8%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Shelby Center Historic District
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Shelby Center Historic District?
Shelby Center Historic District scores 4.4/10 (Moderate tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Shelby Center Historic District compare to Shelby overall?
Shelby Center Historic District scores 0.5 points higher than Shelby overall (3.9/10). Renters spend 47% of income on rent vs 21% citywide. Average rent: $733 vs $780.
Q3
What is the average rent in Shelby Center Historic District?
Average gross rent in Shelby Center Historic District is $733/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Shelby Center Historic District residents are renters?
44% of Shelby Center Historic District households are renter-occupied (vs 39% in Shelby). The neighborhood has 4,653 residents.
Q5
Is Shelby Center Historic District a high social-vulnerability area?
Shelby Center Historic District sits in the 57th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Shelby Center Historic District for landlords?
Shelby Center Historic District carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.4/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Shelby as a whole (3.9/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Shelby Center Historic District?
Shelby Center Historic District has 4,742 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (90.1%), Other / Multiracial (3.9%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (3.4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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