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Neighborhood · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally

Mid America Industrial Park Eviction Risk: Lower , Owensboro

Tract 21059000600 · Daviess County, KY · pop 5,750 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi

21059000600 is a census tract in the Mid America Industrial Park area of Owensboro, KY. It scores 3.7/10 for landlords. Population here is 5,750. 61% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the Daviess County average of 35.1%.

Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26% Stable renters 17% Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units2,612
Renter share43.3%
SVI overall0.44
Poverty rate16.2%
Median income$54,948

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Mid America Industrial Park
Very High
Within parent city
53 th percentile
Rank, 53rd percentileLowHigh
#9 of 18 tracts In Owensboro
Moderate
Within county
65 th percentile
Rank, 65th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 24 tracts In Daviess County
Elevated
Within state
47 th percentile
Rank, 47th percentileLowHigh
#690 of 1,306 tracts In Kentucky
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Owensboro and the region

Centroid at 37.7553, -87.1471 · click any tract to drill in

Why Mid America Industrial Park scores 3.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
16.2% poverty · this tract
4.0
Supply constraint
$888 rent vs county FMR
2.9
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 Mid America Industrial Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Mid America Industrial Park risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.7This tracttract 0006003.2Owensboroparent city3.6Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 44

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

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)

  • 172Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 5.30%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.6%Peak (2006)
  • 45Filings in 2009 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2006 to 2009
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 21059000600
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Mid America Industrial Park. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Mid America Industrial Park

30% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Running cool, tenant-organizing strength reads 1.5/10. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2/10.

Court records carry 172 eviction filings across 4 observed years. The worst year on record was 2006, when 5.6% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 5.3% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 35th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

It tracks the Daviess County average of 3.6 closely. Average gross rent is $888, close to the Owensboro average. Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $54,948.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 21059000600

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 21059000600?

Census tract 21059000600 in the Mid America Industrial Park neighborhood scores 3.7/10 (Lower 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 21059000600?

Median gross rent is $888/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 21059000600?

16.2% of residents in tract 21059000600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,750.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 21059000600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 44th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 57th, household 30th, minority 26th, housing 43th.
Q5

Is tract 21059000600 considered part of Mid America Industrial Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 21059000600 fall within Mid America Industrial Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 21059000600?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 172 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 21059000600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.30% of renter households, peaking at 5.6% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 21059000600 compare to Owensboro overall?

Tract 21059000600 scores 3.7/10, 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.

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