Wooster Public Square Historic District Eviction Risk: Lower
3 census tracts · pop 8,134 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.9/10
· range 3–4.6
Wooster Public Square Historic District is a 3-tract neighborhood of Wooster, OH and houses 8,134 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 3.9/10, in the Lower tier. Against a Wooster baseline of 25.6%, around a third of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
The 3 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 3 to 4.6, a 1.6-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address. The strongest single driver of the headline number is tenant-organizing strength at 7.7/10.
Severe burden reaches 15%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. On the softer side is economic stress, at 2.3/10.
Court records carry 922 eviction filings across its 3 observed tracts. Running cool is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.5/10.
Average gross rent is $797, 13% below the Wooster average of $918. Filing activity peaked in 2015 at 9.3% of renter households.
Recent filings have not receded much: 6.0% in 2016 against a 9.3% peak. Rent takes 13% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market.
36% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 3.9 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
3 tracts · population-weighted
Wooster Public Square Historic District vs WoosterHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
34.2%+34%
Wooster: 25.6%
Average gross rent
$797-13%
Wooster: $918
Average HH income
$72,173+10%
Wooster: $65,888
Poverty rate
8.6%-14%
Wooster: 10.0%
Renter share
35.6%+2%
Wooster: 34.9%
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wooster Public Square Historic District and the region
Click any tract to drill in · 3 tracts span score 3–4.6
Why Wooster Public Square Historic District scores 3.9
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 3.1–3.1 across tracts
3.1
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 3.8–3.8 across tracts
3.8
Rent control risk
34% of income on rent · Range 4.3–4.3 across tracts
4.3
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 2.5–2.5 across tracts
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
36% renter households · Range 7.7–7.7 across tracts
7.7
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 4.8–4.8 across tracts
4.8
Economic stress
8.6% below poverty line · Range 1.0–3.1 across tracts
2.3
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 2.1–6.0 across tracts
3.4
Risk score comparison
Wooster Public Square Historic District vs. parent city, state, U.S.
Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).
Variance across tracts
How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Wooster Public Square Historic District?
Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.
Score distribution
0246810
Spread of 1.6 points from
3 to
4.6.
Moderate variation across constituent tracts.
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority22%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport20%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Wooster Public Square Historic District
Aggregated across 3 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
922Total filings (sum)
6.68%Avg annual filing rate
9.3%Peak year (2015)
6.26%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Wooster Public Square Historic District
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
9.4%Housing insecurity
6.9%Utility shutoff threat
11.8%Food insecurity
9.2%SNAP enrollment
6.9%No health insurance
27.0%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Wooster Public Square Historic District
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Wooster Public Square Historic District?
Wooster Public Square Historic District scores 3.9/10 (Lower tier) across 3 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 Wooster Public Square Historic District compare to Wooster overall?
Wooster Public Square Historic District scores 0.1 points higher than Wooster overall (3.8/10). Renters spend 34% of income on rent vs 26% citywide. Average rent: $797 vs $918.
Q3
What is the average rent in Wooster Public Square Historic District?
Average gross rent in Wooster eviction risk Public Square Historic District is $797/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Wooster Public Square Historic District residents are renters?
36% of Wooster Public Square Historic District households are renter-occupied (vs 35% in Wooster). The neighborhood has 8,134 residents.
Q5
Is Wooster Public Square Historic District a high social-vulnerability area?
Wooster Public Square Historic District sits in the 18th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Wooster Public Square Historic District have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Wooster Public Square Historic District is census tract 39169000100 (score 4.6/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 4.6, a spread of 1.6 points.
Q7
How safe is Wooster Public Square Historic District for landlords?
Wooster eviction risk Public Square Historic District carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.9/10). Pop-weighted across 3 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Wooster as a whole (3.8/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Wooster Public Square Historic District?
Wooster Public Square Historic District has 8,399 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (86.3%), Other / Multiracial (5.5%), Black (non-Hispanic) (3.9%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
