Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally
Fullerton Eviction Risk: Elevated , Portsmouth
Tract 39145003400 · Scioto County, OH · pop 3,339 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi
Tract 39145003400 sits in the Fullerton area of Portsmouth, OH, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6/10. It is home to 3,339 residents. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10.
Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 45%
Tract context
Occupied units1,289
Renter share54.8%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate43.7%
Median income$28,938
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
95
th percentile
Very High
Within state
99
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Portsmouth and the region
Centroid at 38.7428, -82.9761 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fullerton scores 6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Portsmouth
3.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.9
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
43.7% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$836 rent vs county FMR
4.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Portsmouth
7.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Portsmouth
9.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Portsmouth
8.5
How Fullerton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 85
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 86%Socioeconomic
- 96%Household composition
- 26%Racial/ethnic minority
- 66%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 10%Grade B
- 64%Grade C
- 3%Grade D · redlined
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)
- 958Total filings over 12 yrs
- 9.46%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.7%Peak (2008)
- 64Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 12 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Fullerton. 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.
- 21.3%Housing insecurity
- 18.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 32.8%Food insecurity
- 36.8%SNAP enrollment
- 16.9%Transit barriers
- 13.7%No health insurance
- 26.0%Frequent mental distress
- 45.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fullerton
The poverty rate is 44%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. SNAP participation runs 36.8% against 15.2% nationally.
On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.3/10. Set annual rent against average income of $28,938 and the ratio lands at 35%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.
Against the Scioto County average of 4.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.7 points. Running hot, housing-court posture reads 8.5/10. The severe-burden share is 16%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 18.9% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 958 filings here across 12 tracked years. At $836 a month, rents run 12% over what the rest of Portsmouth commands.
The worst year on record was 2008, when 11.7% of renter households were served. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 39145003400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39145003400?
Census tract 39145003400 in the Fullerton neighborhood scores 6/10 (Elevated 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 39145003400?
Median gross rent is $836/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39145003400?
43.7% of residents in tract 39145003400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,339.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39145003400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 96th, minority 26th, housing 66th.
Q5
Is tract 39145003400 considered part of Fullerton?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39145003400 fall within Fullerton (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39145003400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 958 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39145003400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.46% of renter households, peaking at 11.7% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 39145003400 struggle to pay rent?
About 21.3% 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. 18.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 39145003400 compare to Portsmouth overall?
Tract 39145003400 scores 6/10, higher than the parent city of Portsmouth at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Portsmouth; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 39145003400 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 3% 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.
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