Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #16,850 of 84,120 nationally
Downtown Eviction Risk: Moderate , Bowling Green
Tract 39173021702 · Wood County, OH · pop 4,702 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Census tract 39173021702 sits in the Downtown area of Bowling Green eviction risk, Ohio eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.6/10. It lands near the 60th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 44% of renter households, a severe level, and 30% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $785 a month while the average household earns $39,566 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. About 82% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36%
Stable renters 46%
Owners 18%
Tract context
Occupied units2,639
Renter share81.7%
SVI overall0.34
Poverty rate24.4%
Median income$39,566
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
90
th percentile
Very High
Within state
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bowling Green and the region
Centroid at 41.3697, -83.6471 · click any tract to drill in
Why Downtown scores 5.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Bowling Green
5.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.6
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
24.4% poverty · this tract
6.1
Supply constraint
$785 rent vs county FMR
2.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bowling Green
7.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bowling Green
9.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bowling Green
8.3
How Downtown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 34
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 65%Socioeconomic
- 5%Household composition
- 30%Racial/ethnic minority
- 38%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 91Total filings over 2 yrs
- 2.17%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.7%Peak (2012)
- 35Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
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.
- 11.4%Housing insecurity
- 8.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.0%Food insecurity
- 12.0%SNAP enrollment
- 9.5%Transit barriers
- 7.7%No health insurance
- 21.0%Frequent mental distress
- 27.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Downtown
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.7/10. 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 Bowling Green eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Wood County average of 4.6 and above the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 91 eviction filings here over 2 tracked years, with about 2.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 2.7% of renter households in 2012.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 39173021702
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39173021702?
Census tract 39173021702 in the Downtown neighborhood scores 5.6/10 (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 39173021702?
Median gross rent is $785/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39173021702?
24.4% of residents in tract 39173021702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,702.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39173021702?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 34th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 65th, household 5th, minority 30th, housing 38th.
Q5
Is tract 39173021702 considered part of Downtown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39173021702 fall within Downtown (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39173021702?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 91 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 39173021702 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.17% of renter households, peaking at 2.7% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 39173021702 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.4% 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.
Q8
How does tract 39173021702 compare to Bowling Green overall?
Tract 39173021702 scores 5.6/10, higher than the parent city of Bowling Green at 2.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bowling Green eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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