Wooster Public Square Historic District Eviction Risk: Lower

Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.7/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.4/10. Court records carry 6 eviction filings across 4 observed years.

SNAP participation runs 6.8% against 15.2% nationally. At $1,047 a month, rents run 14% over what the rest of Wooster commands. Against the Wayne County average of 3.6, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.6 points.

The worst year on record was 2005, when 3.9% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 4.0% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 1.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $91,250, annual rent is just 14%.

Statewide the OH average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.2 points cooler.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.