Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #47,371 of 84,120 nationally
Nelsonville Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 39009972700 · Athens County, OH · pop 3,572 · 48% of tract blocks fall in Nelsonville
39009972700 is a census tract in Nelsonville, OH. It scores 4.1/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,572. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units1,393
Renter share38.2%
SVI overall0.43
Poverty rate15.8%
Median income$59,943
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
29
th percentile
Low
Within state
55
th percentile
Moderate
National
44
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Nelsonville and the region
Centroid at 39.4354, -82.1514 · click any tract to drill in
Why Nelsonville scores 4.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Nelsonville
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
15.8% poverty · this tract
4.0
Supply constraint
$862 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Nelsonville
6.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Nelsonville
9.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Nelsonville
7.1
How Nelsonville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 43
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 44%Socioeconomic
- 69%Household composition
- 10%Racial/ethnic minority
- 40%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)
- 326Total filings over 15 yrs
- 3.24%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.8%Peak (2015)
- 34Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 127% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 12.2%Housing insecurity
- 9.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.1%Food insecurity
- 13.3%SNAP enrollment
- 8.4%Transit barriers
- 8.8%No health insurance
- 20.5%Frequent mental distress
- 31.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Nelsonville
Against Athens County at 47.1%, roughly one in three of renters here are cost-burdened. Severe burden reaches 21%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.4/10. Against the Athens County average of 5.3, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.2 points. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.6/10.
The filing record is not thin: 326 evictions over 15 years of observation. At $862 a month, rents run 12% over what the rest of Nelsonville commands.
The worst year on record was 2015, when 6.8% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 3.2% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 44% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Social vulnerability reads 4.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $59,943, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 39009972700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39009972700?
Census tract 39009972700 in Nelsonville scores 4.1/10 (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 39009972700?
Median gross rent is $862/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39009972700?
15.8% of residents in tract 39009972700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,572.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39009972700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 43th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 44th, household 69th, minority 10th, housing 40th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39009972700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 326 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 39009972700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.24% of renter households, peaking at 6.8% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 39009972700 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.2% 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. 9.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 39009972700 compare to Nelsonville overall?
Tract 39009972700 scores 4.1/10, lower than the parent city of Nelsonville at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Nelsonville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Nelsonville
Top eight tracts in Nelsonville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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