Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #9,433 of 84,120 nationally
West Side Eviction Risk: Elevated , Athens
Tract 39009973101 · Athens County, OH · pop 3,817 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
39009973101 is a census tract in the West Side area of Athens, OH. It scores 7.7/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,817. Severe burden reaches 39%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
7.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 59%
Stable renters 32%
Owners 9%
Tract context
Occupied units1,001
Renter share90.7%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate58.1%
Median income$18,361
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
86
th percentile
High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Athens and the region
Centroid at 39.3283, -82.1097 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Side scores 7.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Athens
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
58.1% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$865 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Athens
9.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Athens
9.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Athens
9.6
How West Side compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 66
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 95%Socioeconomic
- 3%Household composition
- 27%Racial/ethnic minority
- 82%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)
- 50Total filings over 15 yrs
- 0.38%Avg annual filing rate
- 0.9%Peak (2012)
- 4Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 300% over the past 15 months.
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.
- 19.1%Housing insecurity
- 15.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 30.1%Food insecurity
- 28.2%SNAP enrollment
- 20.3%Transit barriers
- 11.0%No health insurance
- 31.0%Frequent mental distress
- 36.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West Side
Cost burden runs 65% here against 47.1% across Athens County. Annualized rent equals 57% of average household income of $18,361, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10.
The poverty rate is 58%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.7/10. 91% 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.
Against the Athens County average of 5.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.4 points. On the high side, housing-court posture reads 9.6/10. Food insecurity runs 30.1% against 17.8% nationally.
Court records carry 50 eviction filings across 15 observed years. At $865 a month, rents run 14% under what the rest of Athens commands. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 15.7% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
Filings peaked in 2012 at 0.9% of renter households.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 39009973101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39009973101?
Census tract 39009973101 in the West Side neighborhood scores 7.7/10 (Elevated 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 39009973101?
Median gross rent is $865/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39009973101?
58.1% of residents in tract 39009973101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,817.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39009973101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 3th, minority 27th, housing 82th.
Q5
Is tract 39009973101 considered part of West Side?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39009973101 fall within West Side (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39009973101?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 50 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 39009973101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.38% of renter households, peaking at 0.9% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 39009973101 struggle to pay rent?
About 19.1% 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. 15.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 39009973101 compare to Athens overall?
Tract 39009973101 scores 7.7/10, higher than the parent city of Athens at 6.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Athens; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Athens
Top eight tracts in Athens ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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