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Wheeler District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Oklahoma City

Tract 40109104500 · Oklahoma County, OK · pop 2,957 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

Census tract 40109104500 covers part of the Wheeler District area of Oklahoma City, OK, and scores 4.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,957. SNAP participation runs 36.1% against 15.2% nationally.

Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19% Stable renters 24% Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units977
Renter share42.3%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate33.9%
Median income$52,479

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 8 tracts In Wheeler District
High
Within parent city
89 th percentile
Rank, 89th percentileLowHigh
#25 of 217 tracts In Oklahoma City
High
Within county
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#53 of 266 tracts In Oklahoma County
High
Within state
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#100 of 1,205 tracts In Oklahoma
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Oklahoma City and the region

Centroid at 35.4352, -97.5346 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wheeler District scores 4.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Oklahoma City
3.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.9
State political climate
Oklahoma legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
33.9% poverty · this tract
8.5
Supply constraint
$977 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Oklahoma City
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Oklahoma City
2.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Oklahoma City
2.0

How Wheeler District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Wheeler District risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.8This tracttract 1045003.4Oklahoma Cityparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county3.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 85

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Wheeler District. 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 Wheeler District

Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Disability prevalence runs 49.7% against 31.5% nationally. The poverty rate is 34%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Running hot, economic stress reads 8.5/10. Severe burden reaches 19%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Against the Oklahoma County average of 3.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points. At $977 a month, rents run 14% under what the rest of Oklahoma City commands.

In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. On the national scale it lands near the 58th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the OK average is 3.8, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

44% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 40109104500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 40109104500?

Census tract 40109104500 in the Wheeler District neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (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 40109104500?

Median gross rent is $977/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 40109104500?

33.9% of residents in tract 40109104500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,957.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 40109104500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 94th, minority 84th, housing 15th.
Q5

Is tract 40109104500 considered part of Wheeler District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 40109104500 fall within Wheeler District (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 40109104500 struggle to pay rent?

About 32.7% 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. 21.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 40109104500 compare to Oklahoma City overall?

Tract 40109104500 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of Oklahoma City at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Oklahoma City eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 40109104500 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 21% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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