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Neighborhood · Ranked #46,312 of 84,120 nationally

Main Street Historic District Eviction Risk: Lower , Hamilton

Tract 39017001300 · Butler County, OH · pop 4,600 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

Eviction risk in Main Street Historic District in Hamilton centers on tract 39017001300, which scores 5.5/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 4,600 residents. On the national scale it ranks #36,867 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

About 37% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $919 a month while the average household earns $75,800 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. Renters make up 18% of occupied homes.

Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7% Stable renters 11% Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units1,612
Renter share18.1%
SVI overall0.37
Poverty rate14.0%
Median income$75,800

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Main Street Historic District
Very Low
Within parent city
25 th percentile
Rank, 25th percentileLowHigh
#13 of 17 tracts In Hamilton
Low
Within county
62 th percentile
Rank, 62nd percentileLowHigh
#33 of 86 tracts In Butler County
Elevated
Within state
54 th percentile
Rank, 54th percentileLowHigh
#1,450 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Hamilton and the region

Centroid at 39.4006, -84.5885 · click any tract to drill in

Why Main Street Historic District scores 3.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Hamilton
4.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.8
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
14.0% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$919 rent vs county FMR
2.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hamilton
5.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hamilton
8.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hamilton
6.4

How Main Street Historic District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Main Street Historic District risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.73.7This tracttract 001300Hamilton: 2.82.8Hamiltonparent cityCounty: 3.23.2Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 37

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: A: Best

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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)

  • 379Total filings over 13 yrs
  • 7.19%Avg annual filing rate
  • 14.3%Peak (2015)
  • 35Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2006 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 390170013002006: 24 filings (5.40/100 renter HHs)2007: 24 filings (5.40/100 renter HHs)2008: 16 filings (3.60/100 renter HHs)2009: 27 filings (6.08/100 renter HHs)2010: 26 filings (6.09/100 renter HHs)2011: 26 filings (7.03/100 renter HHs)2012: 22 filings (5.95/100 renter HHs)2013: 25 filings (6.76/100 renter HHs)2014: 27 filings (7.30/100 renter HHs)2015: 53 filings (14.32/100 renter HHs)2016: 36 filings (8.43/100 renter HHs)2017: 38 filings (8.90/100 renter HHs)2018: 35 filings (8.20/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 46% over the past 13 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Main Street Historic District. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Main Street Historic District

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.8/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Hamilton eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Butler County average of 5.5 and above the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 37th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of A ("Best"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 39017001300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39017001300?

Census tract 39017001300 in the Main Street Historic District 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 39017001300?

Median gross rent is $919/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39017001300?

14.0% of residents in tract 39017001300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,600.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39017001300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 37th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 54th, household 57th, minority 28th, housing 16th.
Q5

Is tract 39017001300 considered part of Main Street Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39017001300 fall within Main Street Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39017001300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 379 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39017001300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.19% of renter households, peaking at 14.3% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 39017001300 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.2% 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. 8.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 39017001300 compare to Hamilton overall?

Tract 39017001300 scores 3.7/10, higher than the parent city of Hamilton at 2.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hamilton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9

Was tract 39017001300 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Hamilton

Top eight tracts in Hamilton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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