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Neighborhood · Portsmouth, OH

Fullerton Eviction Risk: Elevated

2 census tracts · pop 5,658 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6/10 · range 6–6

Fullerton spans 2 census tracts of Portsmouth, OH and houses 5,658 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 6/10, in the Elevated tier. 51% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, well above the Portsmouth rate of 33.7%.

The strongest single driver of the headline number is economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 48%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Sitting well above the midpoint is tenant-organizing strength at 9.3/10.

SNAP participation is 37.5% of households versus 15.2% nationally. Severe burden reaches 25%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears.

Annualized rent equals 35% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with. On the high side is housing-court posture at 8.5/10.

Food insecurity affects 33.4% of adults, 15.6 points above the national rate. Court records carry 1,640 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts. The worst year on record was 2010, when filings touched 15.1% of renter households.

At $821 a month, rents sit 10% over what the rest of Portsmouth commands. The most recent observed rate, 8.3% in 2013, is well off that peak.

The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
6
Elevated
2 tracts · population-weighted
Fullerton vs Portsmouth How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
51.2% +52%
Portsmouth: 33.7%
Average gross rent
$821 +10%
Portsmouth: $747
Average HH income
$28,106 -20%
Portsmouth: $35,319
Poverty rate
47.9% +28%
Portsmouth: 37.5%
Renter share
57.5% +11%
Portsmouth: 51.9%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Fullerton and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 2 tracts span score 6–6

Why Fullerton scores 6

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 2.4–2.4 across tracts
2.4
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 2.9–2.9 across tracts
2.9
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 3.6–3.6 across tracts
3.6
Rent control risk
51% of income on rent · Range 7.4–7.4 across tracts
7.4
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 2.1–2.1 across tracts
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
58% renter households · Range 9.3–9.3 across tracts
9.3
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 8.5–8.5 across tracts
8.5
Economic stress
47.9% below poverty line · Range 10.0–10.0 across tracts
10.0
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 4.1–4.5 across tracts
4.3
Risk score comparison

Fullerton vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Fullerton score vs. parent city, state, U.S.Fullerton: 6.06.0FullertonNeighborhoodParent city: 4.64.6Parent cityhost cityState: 4.04.0Stateavg in stateU.S.: 5.15.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

2 tracts in Fullerton

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
39145003400 6 3,339 44% $836
39145003500 6 2,319 62% $800
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 82

Pop-weighted across 2 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 90%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 79%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 17%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 65%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Fullerton

Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 1,640Total filings (sum)
  • 9.75%Avg annual filing rate
  • 15.1%Peak year (2010)
  • 8.28%Latest filed (2013)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Fullerton

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Fullerton

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Fullerton?

Fullerton scores 6/10 (Elevated tier) across 2 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 Fullerton compare to Portsmouth overall?

Fullerton scores 1.4 points higher than Portsmouth overall (4.6/10). Renters spend 51% of income on rent vs 34% citywide. Average rent: $821 vs $747.
Q3

What is the average rent in Fullerton?

Average gross rent in Fullerton is $821/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Fullerton residents are renters?

58% of Fullerton households are renter-occupied (vs 52% in Portsmouth). The neighborhood has 5,658 residents.
Q5

Is Fullerton a high social-vulnerability area?

Fullerton sits in the 82nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

Which tracts in Fullerton have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Fullerton is census tract 39145003400 (score 6/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 6 to 6, a spread of 0 points.
Q7

How safe is Fullerton for landlords?

Fullerton carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Portsmouth as a whole (4.6/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Fullerton?

Fullerton has 5,844 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (90.5%), Other / Multiracial (4.6%), Hispanic / Latino (1.9%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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