Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #58,384 of 84,120 nationally
Urbana Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 39021011504 · Champaign County, OH · pop 5,290 · 6% of tract blocks fall in Urbana
In Urbana, census tract 39021011504 scores 5.2/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 45% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 52% of renter households, a severe level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,438 a month against an average household income of $86,096 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. About 5% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 2%
Owners 96%
Tract context
Occupied units1,842
Renter share4.5%
SVI overall0.44
Poverty rate9.9%
Median income$86,096
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
56
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
39
th percentile
Low
National
31
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Urbana and the region
Centroid at 40.0775, -83.6913 · click any tract to drill in
Why Urbana scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Urbana
3.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.6
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
9.9% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,438 rent vs county FMR
10.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Urbana
2.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Urbana
8.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Urbana
4.3
How Urbana compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 44
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 37%Socioeconomic
- 33%Household composition
- 9%Racial/ethnic minority
- 77%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)
- 278Total filings over 12 yrs
- 7.41%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.7%Peak (2005)
- 19Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 375% over the past 12 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.
- 8.7%Housing insecurity
- 6.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.9%Food insecurity
- 8.5%SNAP enrollment
- 6.1%Transit barriers
- 7.0%No health insurance
- 16.4%Frequent mental distress
- 30.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Urbana
What moves this score most is supply constraint at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Urbana, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Champaign County average of 4.5 and in line with the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 278 eviction filings here over 12 tracked years, with about 7.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 10.7% of renter households in 2005.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 39021011504
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39021011504?
Census tract 39021011504 in Urbana 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 average rent in tract 39021011504?
Median gross rent is $1,438/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39021011504?
9.9% of residents in tract 39021011504 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,290.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39021011504?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 44th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 37th, household 33th, minority 9th, housing 77th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39021011504?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 278 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39021011504 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.41% of renter households, peaking at 10.7% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 39021011504 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. 6.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 39021011504 compare to Urbana overall?
Tract 39021011504 scores 3/10, higher than the parent city of Urbana at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Urbana; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Urbana
Top eight tracts in Urbana ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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