Owensboro Eviction Risk: Moderate

The poverty rate is 40%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.

At $609 a month, rents run 33% under what the rest of Owensboro commands. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. 67% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

13% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Against the Daviess County average of 3.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 187 filings here across 4 tracked years.

The worst year on record was 2008, when 6.5% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 4.9% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #39,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

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