Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #31,159 of 84,120 nationally
Fostoria Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 39147963000 · Seneca County, OH · pop 3,407 · 54% of tract blocks fall in Fostoria
How risky is Fostoria in Seneca County for landlords? Census tract 39147963000 scores 4.7/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 28th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 28% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 2% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $661 a month against an average household income of $54,569 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. Renters make up 32% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units1,280
Renter share32.2%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate20.8%
Median income$54,569
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
72
th percentile
Elevated
National
63
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fostoria and the region
Centroid at 41.1396, -83.3908 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fostoria scores 4.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Fostoria
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.3
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
20.8% poverty · this tract
5.2
Supply constraint
$661 rent vs county FMR
2.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fostoria
4.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fostoria
7.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fostoria
5.9
How Fostoria compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 88
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 55%Socioeconomic
- 98%Household composition
- 43%Racial/ethnic minority
- 97%Housing & transportation
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.
- 12.3%Housing insecurity
- 8.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.2%Food insecurity
- 13.8%SNAP enrollment
- 8.6%Transit barriers
- 10.2%No health insurance
- 18.1%Frequent mental distress
- 34.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fostoria
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 7.1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Fostoria, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Seneca County average of 4.5 and below the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 88th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 39147963000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39147963000?
Census tract 39147963000 in Fostoria scores 4.6/10 (Moderate 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 39147963000?
Median gross rent is $661/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39147963000?
20.8% of residents in tract 39147963000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,407.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39147963000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 55th, household 98th, minority 43th, housing 97th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 39147963000 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.3% 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. 8.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 39147963000 compare to Fostoria overall?
Tract 39147963000 scores 4.6/10, higher than the parent city of Fostoria at 2.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fostoria; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Fostoria
Top eight tracts in Fostoria ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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