West Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Canton

Against Stark County at 38.2%, 54% of renters here are cost-burdened. The poverty rate is 50%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.3/10.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 27.4% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Disability prevalence runs 47.4% against 31.5% nationally. 68% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

It sits 1.7 points above the Stark County average of 4.1. 18% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2/10.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 2,391 filings here across 15 tracked years. At $754 a month, rents run 11% under what the rest of Canton commands.

Filings peaked in 2004 at 22.5% of renter households. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Canton. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.