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Neighborhood · Ranked #13,119 of 84,120 nationally

West Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Canton

Tract 39151701700 · Stark County, OH · pop 2,912 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Census tract 39151701700 sits in the West Park area of Canton eviction risk, Ohio eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 6.6/10. On the national scale it ranks #10,030 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 54% of renter households, a severe level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $754 a month against an average household income of $28,854 a year, roughly 31% of income at the averages. Renters make up 68% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 37% Stable renters 31% Owners 32%
Tract context
Occupied units1,204
Renter share68.4%
SVI overall0.77
Poverty rate50.2%
Median income$28,854

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In West Park
Moderate
Within parent city
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 26 tracts In Canton
High
Within county
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 90 tracts In Stark County
Very High
Within state
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#159 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Canton and the region

Centroid at 40.8050, -81.3830 · click any tract to drill in

Why West Park scores 5.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Canton
4.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.1
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
50.2% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$754 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Canton
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Canton
9.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Canton
7.7

How West Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
West Park risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.95.9This tracttract 701700Canton: 2.82.8Cantonparent cityCounty: 3.63.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 77

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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)

  • 2,391Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 20.26%Avg annual filing rate
  • 22.5%Peak (2004)
  • 101Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2003 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 391517017002003: 169 filings (16.78/100 renter HHs)2004: 227 filings (22.54/100 renter HHs)2005: 182 filings (23.95/100 renter HHs)2006: 206 filings (27.11/100 renter HHs)2008: 152 filings (20.00/100 renter HHs)2009: 194 filings (25.53/100 renter HHs)2010: 169 filings (20.69/100 renter HHs)2011: 145 filings (20.48/100 renter HHs)2012: 155 filings (21.89/100 renter HHs)2013: 158 filings (22.32/100 renter HHs)2014: 143 filings (20.20/100 renter HHs)2015: 114 filings (16.10/100 renter HHs)2016: 137 filings (16.85/100 renter HHs)2017: 139 filings (17.10/100 renter HHs)2018: 101 filings (12.42/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 40% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within West Park. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in West Park

What moves this score most is economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Canton eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Stark County average of 5.2 and above the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 31.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 27.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 39151701700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39151701700?

Census tract 39151701700 in the West Park neighborhood scores 5.9/10 (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 39151701700?

Median gross rent is $754/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39151701700?

50.2% of residents in tract 39151701700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,912.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39151701700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 76th, minority 67th, housing 26th.
Q5

Is tract 39151701700 considered part of West Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39151701700 fall within West Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39151701700?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 2,391 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 39151701700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 20.26% of renter households, peaking at 22.5% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 39151701700 struggle to pay rent?

About 31.2% 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. 27.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 39151701700 compare to Canton overall?

Tract 39151701700 scores 5.9/10, higher than the parent city of Canton at 2.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Canton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9

Was tract 39151701700 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. 0% 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Canton

Top eight tracts in Canton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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