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Neighborhood · Niles, OH

Ekerts Corners Eviction Risk: Lower

2 census tracts · pop 8,703 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.7/10 · range 3.4–3.9

Ekerts Corners spans 2 census tracts of Niles, OH and houses 8,703 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 3.7/10, Lower tier. Against a Niles baseline of 27.5%, 43% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.

The strongest single driver of the headline number is tenant-organizing strength at 8.6/10. 20% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. Running cool is eviction-process difficulty, at 1.9/10.

Court records carry 77 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts. On the softer side is economic stress, at 2.8/10.

Filing activity peaked in 2016 at 5.0% of renter households. At $745 a month, rents sit 7% under what the rest of Niles commands.

Among the 4 mapped neighborhoods of Niles, it ranks #5 by risk, the lower third. Judgments average 2.3% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.

The closest comparables inside the same city are Howland Terrace and South Niles. Rent takes 18% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market.

With little internal variation, 3.7/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score
3.7
Lower
2 tracts · population-weighted
Ekerts Corners vs Niles How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
42.9% +56%
Niles: 27.5%
Average gross rent
$745 -7%
Niles: $798
Average HH income
$49,532 -1%
Niles: $49,987
Poverty rate
11.3% -13%
Niles: 13.0%
Renter share
39.3% -15%
Niles: 46.3%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Ekerts Corners and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 2 tracts span score 3.4–3.9

Why Ekerts Corners scores 3.7

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 4.5–4.5 across tracts
4.5
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 5.0–5.0 across tracts
5.0
Rent control risk
43% of income on rent · Range 4.6–4.6 across tracts
4.6
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 1.9–1.9 across tracts
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
39% renter households · Range 8.6–8.6 across tracts
8.6
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 5.4–5.4 across tracts
5.4
Economic stress
11.3% below poverty line · Range 2.1–3.1 across tracts
2.8
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 3.4–3.5 across tracts
3.4
Risk score comparison

Ekerts Corners vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Ekerts Corners score vs. parent city, state, U.S.3.7Ekerts CornersNeighborhood4.0Parent cityhost city4.0Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

2 tracts in Ekerts Corners

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

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
39155932701 3.9 5,995 46% $742
39155932801 3.4 2,708 37% $751
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 43

Pop-weighted across 2 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 44%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 62%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 25%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 41%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Ekerts Corners

Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 77Total filings (sum)
  • 4.33%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.0%Peak year (2016)
  • 4.33%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Ekerts Corners

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

Frequently asked

About Ekerts Corners

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Ekerts Corners?

Ekerts Corners scores 3.7/10 (Lower tier) across 2 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 Ekerts Corners compare to Niles overall?

Ekerts Corners scores 0.3 points lower than Niles overall (4/10). Renters spend 43% of income on rent vs 28% citywide. Average rent: $745 vs $798.
Q3

What is the average rent in Ekerts Corners?

Average gross rent in Ekerts Corners is $745/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Ekerts Corners residents are renters?

39% of Ekerts Corners households are renter-occupied (vs 46% in Niles). The neighborhood has 8,703 residents.
Q5

Is Ekerts Corners a high social-vulnerability area?

Ekerts Corners sits in the 43rd 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

Which tracts in Ekerts Corners have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Ekerts Corners is census tract 39155932701 (score 3.9/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.4 to 3.9, a spread of 0.5 points.
Q7

How safe is Ekerts Corners for landlords?

Ekerts Corners carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.7/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Niles as a whole (4/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Ekerts Corners?

Ekerts Corners has 8,816 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (83.9%), Black (non-Hispanic) (7%), Other / Multiracial (4.4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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