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Census Tract · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally

Wooster Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 39169000800 · Wayne County, OH · pop 7,377 · 61% of tract blocks fall in Wooster

Here is how census tract 39169000800, in Wooster eviction risk in Wayne County, looks to a landlord: a 4.4/10 eviction-risk score (Moderate tier) across a population of 7,377. That is riskier than about 20% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 30% of renter households, a moderate level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,086 a month while the average household earns $71,444 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 30% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9% Stable renters 21% Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units3,452
Renter share30.5%
SVI overall0.41
Poverty rate6.3%
Median income$71,444

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
43 th percentile
Rank, 43rd percentileLowHigh
#5 of 8 tracts In Wooster
Moderate
Within county
39 th percentile
Rank, 39th percentileLowHigh
#20 of 32 tracts In Wayne County
Low
Within state
34 th percentile
Rank, 34th percentileLowHigh
#2,092 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Low
National
27 th percentile
Rank, 27th percentileLowHigh
#61,757 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Wooster and the region

Centroid at 40.8472, -81.9122 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wooster scores 2.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Wooster
3.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.1
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
6.3% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,086 rent vs county FMR
6.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wooster
4.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wooster
7.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wooster
4.8

How Wooster compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Wooster risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 2.82.8This tracttract 000800Wooster: 2.52.5Woosterparent cityCounty: 3.13.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 41

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

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)

  • 341Total filings over 12 yrs
  • 3.28%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.3%Peak (2003)
  • 25Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 391690008002002: 34 filings (4.82/100 renter HHs)2003: 37 filings (5.25/100 renter HHs)2004: 35 filings (4.96/100 renter HHs)2005: 24 filings (3.34/100 renter HHs)2006: 27 filings (3.76/100 renter HHs)2010: 21 filings (2.04/100 renter HHs)2011: 20 filings (1.86/100 renter HHs)2012: 32 filings (2.98/100 renter HHs)2013: 32 filings (2.98/100 renter HHs)2014: 30 filings (2.79/100 renter HHs)2015: 24 filings (2.23/100 renter HHs)2016: 25 filings (2.38/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 26% over the past 12 months.
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Wooster

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 7.7/10. 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 Wooster eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Wayne County average of 4.1 and below the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 7.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 41st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 39169000800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39169000800?

Census tract 39169000800 in Wooster scores 2.8/10 (Lower 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 39169000800?

Median gross rent is $1,086/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39169000800?

6.3% of residents in tract 39169000800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,377.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39169000800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 41th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 19th, household 24th, minority 20th, housing 93th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39169000800?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 341 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39169000800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.28% of renter households, peaking at 5.3% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 39169000800 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.9% 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. 5.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 39169000800 compare to Wooster overall?

Tract 39169000800 scores 2.8/10, higher than the parent city of Wooster at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wooster eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Wooster

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

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