Within parent city
86
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally
Portsmouth Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 39145003100 · Scioto County, OH · pop 3,172 · 47% of tract blocks fall in Portsmouth
Census tract 39145003100 covers part of Portsmouth, OH, and scores 6/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,172. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.3/10.
Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units1,187
Renter share42.1%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate29.9%
Median income$38,078
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
90
th percentile
Very High
Within state
99
th percentile
Very High
National
78
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Portsmouth and the region
Centroid at 38.7820, -82.9193 · click any tract to drill in
Why Portsmouth 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
29.9% poverty · this tract
7.5
Supply constraint
$724 rent vs county FMR
3.2
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 Portsmouth 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.
- 87%Socioeconomic
- 76%Household composition
- 2%Racial/ethnic minority
- 91%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
- 0%Grade B
- 2%Grade C
- 1%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)
- 237Total filings over 12 yrs
- 3.76%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.3%Peak (2006)
- 17Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 12 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.
- 17.9%Housing insecurity
- 15.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 28.5%Food insecurity
- 30.9%SNAP enrollment
- 14.0%Transit barriers
- 12.8%No health insurance
- 24.2%Frequent mental distress
- 46.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Portsmouth
Cost burden runs roughly one in three here against 43.7% across Scioto County. Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 8.5/10. The poverty rate is 30%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Disability prevalence runs 46.7% against 31.5% nationally. It sits 1.7 points above the Scioto County average of 4.3. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.1/10.
The severe-burden share is 14%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 237 filings here across 12 tracked years. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 15.1% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
The worst year on record was 2006, when 5.3% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Portsmouth. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 39145003100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39145003100?
Census tract 39145003100 in Portsmouth 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 39145003100?
Median gross rent is $724/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39145003100?
29.9% of residents in tract 39145003100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,172.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39145003100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 87th, household 76th, minority 2th, housing 91th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39145003100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 237 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39145003100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.76% of renter households, peaking at 5.3% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 39145003100 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.9% 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. 15.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 39145003100 compare to Portsmouth overall?
Tract 39145003100 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.
Q8
Was tract 39145003100 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. 1% 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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