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Neighborhood · Portsmouth, OH

Happy Hours Addition Eviction Risk: Moderate

1 census tracts · pop 3,364 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.6/10 · range 4.6–4.6

Happy Hours Addition maps to a single census tract in Portsmouth, OH and houses 3,364 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 4.6/10, in the Moderate tier. Against a Portsmouth baseline of 33.7%, 50% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.

What pushes the score up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.3/10. The severe-burden share is 29%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. On the high side is housing-court posture at 8.5/10.

At $899 a month, rents sit 20% over what the rest of Portsmouth commands. Running cool is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.1/10.

The poverty rate is 19%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Court records for this tract carry 247 eviction filings. The worst year on record was 2010, when filings touched 6.9% of renter households.

Recent filings have not receded much: 5.7% in 2013 against a 6.9% peak. That places it #3 of 4 neighborhoods in Portsmouth. The closest comparables inside the same city are Rosemount and Fullerton.

Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $49,371.

One tract means one number: 4.6/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
4.6
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Happy Hours Addition vs Portsmouth How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
50.2% +49%
Portsmouth: 33.7%
Average gross rent
$899 +20%
Portsmouth: $747
Average HH income
$49,371 +40%
Portsmouth: $35,319
Poverty rate
19.1% -49%
Portsmouth: 37.5%
Renter share
35.4% -32%
Portsmouth: 51.9%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

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Geographic context

Risk heat across Happy Hours Addition and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 4.6–4.6

Why Happy Hours Addition scores 4.6

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
50% 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
35% 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
19.1% below poverty line · Range 4.8–4.8 across tracts
4.8
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 5.2–5.2 across tracts
5.2
Risk score comparison

Happy Hours Addition vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Happy Hours Addition score vs. parent city, state, U.S.Happy Hours Additi: 4.64.6Happy Hours AdditiNeighborhoodParent city: 4.64.6Parent cityhost cityState: 4.04.0Stateavg in stateU.S.: 5.15.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

1 tracts in Happy Hours Addition

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

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
39145003000 4.6 3,364 50% $899
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 46

Pop-weighted across 1 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 65%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 65%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 5%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 25%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Happy Hours Addition

Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 247Total filings (sum)
  • 4.99%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.9%Peak year (2010)
  • 5.68%Latest filed (2013)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Happy Hours Addition

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

Frequently asked

About Happy Hours Addition

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Happy Hours Addition?

Happy Hours Addition scores 4.6/10 (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 Happy Hours Addition compare to Portsmouth overall?

Happy Hours Addition scores 0.0 points higher than Portsmouth overall (4.6/10). Renters spend 50% of income on rent vs 34% citywide. Average rent: $899 vs $747.
Q3

What is the average rent in Happy Hours Addition?

Average gross rent in Happy Hours Addition is $899/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Happy Hours Addition residents are renters?

35% of Happy Hours Addition households are renter-occupied (vs 52% in Portsmouth). The neighborhood has 3,364 residents.
Q5

Is Happy Hours Addition a high social-vulnerability area?

Happy Hours Addition sits in the 46th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less 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 Happy Hours Addition for landlords?

Happy Hours Addition carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.6/10). 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 Portsmouth as a whole (4.6/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q7

What is the demographic breakdown of Happy Hours Addition?

Happy Hours Addition has 3,499 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (93.3%), Other / Multiracial (5.5%), Hispanic / Latino (0.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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