Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally
The Plains Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 39009972900 · Athens County, OH · pop 5,935 · 42% of tract blocks fall in The Plains
39009972900 is a census tract in The Plains, OH. It scores 4.8/10 for landlords. It is home to 5,935 residents. Severe burden reaches 28%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units3,039
Renter share50.6%
SVI overall0.72
Poverty rate24.6%
Median income$54,194
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
67
th percentile
Elevated
National
58
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across The Plains and the region
Centroid at 39.3592, -82.1619 · click any tract to drill in
Why The Plains scores 4.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from The Plains
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
24.6% poverty · this tract
6.1
Supply constraint
$934 rent vs county FMR
4.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from The Plains
5.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from The Plains
9.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from The Plains
6.9
How The Plains compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 72
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 60%Socioeconomic
- 53%Household composition
- 29%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)
- 410Total filings over 15 yrs
- 2.31%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.8%Peak (2017)
- 29Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 164% 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.
- 11.4%Housing insecurity
- 9.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.1%Food insecurity
- 14.2%SNAP enrollment
- 8.8%Transit barriers
- 8.0%No health insurance
- 18.8%Frequent mental distress
- 30.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in The Plains
What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9/10. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.2/10. The poverty rate is 25%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.4/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 410 filings here across 15 tracked years.
The worst year on record was 2017, when 2.8% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 2.3% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 58th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 7.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 48% of renters. It tracks the Athens County average of 5.3 closely.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 39009972900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39009972900?
Census tract 39009972900 in The Plains 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 39009972900?
Median gross rent is $934/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39009972900?
24.6% of residents in tract 39009972900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,935.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39009972900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 53th, minority 29th, housing 94th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39009972900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 410 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 39009972900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.31% of renter households, peaking at 2.8% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 39009972900 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.4% 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. 9.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 39009972900 compare to The Plains overall?
Tract 39009972900 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of The Plains at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from The Plains; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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