Within parent city
80
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #54,934 of 84,120 nationally
Fairfield Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 39017010906 · Butler County, OH · pop 7,357
Fairfield is where census tract 39017010906 sits, home to 7,357 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.8/10. That is riskier than roughly 67% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
49% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,077 a month against an average household income of $59,307 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 61% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units2,951
Renter share61.0%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate11.4%
Median income$59,307
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
53
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
43
th percentile
Moderate
National
35
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fairfield and the region
Centroid at 39.3454, -84.5304 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fairfield scores 3.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Fairfield
4.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.8
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
11.4% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,077 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fairfield
5.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fairfield
7.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fairfield
5.3
How Fairfield compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 86
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 66%Socioeconomic
- 85%Household composition
- 72%Racial/ethnic minority
- 93%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
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)
- 2,109Total filings over 13 yrs
- 9.94%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.0%Peak (2010)
- 163Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 13 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.
- 16.7%Housing insecurity
- 11.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.7%Food insecurity
- 16.7%SNAP enrollment
- 10.6%Transit barriers
- 11.8%No health insurance
- 18.7%Frequent mental distress
- 30.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fairfield
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 7.9/10. 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 Fairfield 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 16.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 11.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 2,109 eviction filings here over 13 tracked years, with about 9.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 11.0% of renter households in 2010.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 39017010906
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39017010906?
Census tract 39017010906 in Fairfield scores 3.2/10 (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 39017010906?
Median gross rent is $1,077/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39017010906?
11.4% of residents in tract 39017010906 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,357.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39017010906?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 66th, household 85th, minority 72th, housing 93th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39017010906?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 2,109 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39017010906 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.94% of renter households, peaking at 11.0% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 39017010906 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.7% 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. 11.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 39017010906 compare to Fairfield overall?
Tract 39017010906 scores 3.2/10, higher than the parent city of Fairfield at 2.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fairfield eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 39017010906 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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.
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Highest-risk tracts in Fairfield
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3.1
/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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