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Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Fordson Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , Hamilton

Tract 39017011005 · Butler County, OH · pop 6,584 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

39017011005 is a census tract in the Fordson Heights area of Hamilton, OH. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Population here is 6,584. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0% Stable renters 3% Owners 97%
Tract context
Occupied units2,672
Renter share2.9%
SVI overall0.16
Poverty rate2.6%
Median income$125,380

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Fordson Heights
Moderate
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#17 of 17 tracts In Hamilton
Very Low
Within county
37 th percentile
Rank, 37th percentileLowHigh
#55 of 86 tracts In Butler County
Low
Within state
31 th percentile
Rank, 31st percentileLowHigh
#2,197 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Hamilton and the region

Centroid at 39.4149, -84.5198 · click any tract to drill in

Why Fordson Heights scores 3

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
2.6% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 Fordson Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Fordson Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 0110054.0Hamiltonparent city4.3Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 16

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

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.

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.

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 Fordson Heights

Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.8/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.8/10.

Against the Butler County average of 4.3, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.3 points. SNAP participation runs 6.6% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 9.6% against 17.8% nationally.

This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Hamilton. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Only 3% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 2.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the OH average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.2 points cooler.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 3%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 39017011005

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39017011005?

Census tract 39017011005 in the Fordson Heights neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 39017011005?

2.6% of residents in tract 39017011005 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,584.
Q3

How socially vulnerable is tract 39017011005?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 16th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 29th, household 39th, minority 37th, housing 7th.
Q4

Is tract 39017011005 considered part of Fordson Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39017011005 fall within Fordson Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q5

What share of households in tract 39017011005 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.7% 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. 5.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 39017011005 compare to Hamilton overall?

Tract 39017011005 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Hamilton at 4/10. 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.
Q7

Was tract 39017011005 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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Top eight tracts in Hamilton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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