Within parent city
82
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally
Owensboro Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 21059000100 · Daviess County, KY · pop 3,297 · 89% of tract blocks fall in Owensboro
21059000100 is a census tract in Owensboro, KY. It scores 4.6/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,297. Severe burden reaches 31%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units1,323
Renter share38.5%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate35.4%
Median income$35,579
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
75
th percentile
Elevated
National
53
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Owensboro and the region
Centroid at 37.7695, -87.1507 · click any tract to drill in
Why Owensboro scores 4.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Owensboro
2.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.6
State political climate
Kentucky legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
35.4% poverty · this tract
8.9
Supply constraint
$850 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Owensboro
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Owensboro
1.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Owensboro
2.5
How Owensboro compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 83
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 50%Socioeconomic
- 96%Household composition
- 47%Racial/ethnic minority
- 94%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)
- 159Total filings over 4 yrs
- 6.83%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.0%Peak (2006)
- 22Filings in 2009 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 62% over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Owensboro
Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. The poverty rate is 35%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
On the high side, economic stress reads 8.9/10. Running cool, tenant-organizing strength reads 1.5/10.
Against the Daviess County average of 3.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 159 filings here across 4 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2006, when 10.0% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 6.8% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 53rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.5/10.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for around a third of renters.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 21059000100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 21059000100?
Census tract 21059000100 in Owensboro scores 4.6/10 (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 21059000100?
Median gross rent is $850/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 21059000100?
35.4% of residents in tract 21059000100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,297.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 21059000100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 50th, household 96th, minority 47th, housing 94th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 21059000100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 159 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 21059000100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.83% of renter households, peaking at 10.0% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 21059000100 compare to Owensboro overall?
Tract 21059000100 scores 4.6/10, higher than the parent city of Owensboro at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Owensboro eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Owensboro
Top eight tracts in Owensboro ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · KY
21059000900
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
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21059000200
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · KY
21059000300
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · KY
21059000401
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · KY
21059000402
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · KY
21059000500
4.2
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · KY
21059000800
3.7
/ 10 · Low
Tract · KY
Mid America Industrial Park
3.7
/ 10 · Low
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