Census Tract · Ranked #47,371 of 84,120 nationally
Sterling Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 39169002500 ·
Wayne County, OH · pop 2,523 · 17% of tract blocks fall in Sterling
With a score of 4.1/10, tract 39169002500 in Sterling, OH reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,523 residents. Against Wayne County at 28.0%, roughly one in two of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%Stable renters 11%Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units970
Renter share20.7%
SVI overall0.40
Poverty rate15.6%
Median income$63,125
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Sterling
Moderate
Within county
84th percentile
#6 of 32 tracts In Wayne County
High
Within state
55th percentile
#1,437 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Moderate
National
44th percentile
#47,371 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sterling and the region
Centroid at 40.9401, -81.8246 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sterling scores 4.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Sterling
3.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.1
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
15.6% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$963 rent vs county FMR
5.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Sterling
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Sterling
3.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Sterling
1.9
How Sterling compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 40
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
41%Socioeconomic
23%Household composition
2%Racial/ethnic minority
73%Housing & transportation
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
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
11.0%Housing insecurity
8.4%Utility-shutoff threat
15.6%Food insecurity
14.1%SNAP enrollment
8.3%Transit barriers
9.1%No health insurance
18.1%Frequent mental distress
35.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sterling
The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10. Running cool, housing-court posture reads 1.9/10.
Severe burden reaches 17%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. At $963 a month, rents run 22% over what the rest of Sterling commands.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.4/10. The filing record is not thin: 30 evictions over 9 years of observation.
Filings peaked in 2010 at 3.6% of renter households. In a typical year about 1.5% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 44% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Only 21% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.6/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 39169002500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39169002500?
Census tract 39169002500 in Sterling scores 4.1/10 (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 39169002500?
Median gross rent is $963/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39169002500?
15.6% of residents in tract 39169002500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,523.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39169002500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 41th, household 23th, minority 2th, housing 73th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39169002500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 30 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 39169002500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.52% of renter households, peaking at 3.6% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 39169002500 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.0% 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. 8.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 39169002500 compare to Sterling overall?
Tract 39169002500 scores 4.1/10, higher than the parent city of Sterling at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sterling; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.