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East High Street Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Springfield

Tract 39023000400 · Clark County, OH · pop 2,578 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

Eviction risk in East High Street Historic District in Springfield centers on tract 39023000400, which scores 5.9/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 2,578 residents. That is riskier than about 71% of US census tracts.

About 36% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 11% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $764 a month against an average household income of $42,952 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. About 58% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

5.5

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 37% Owners 42%

Tract context

Occupied units1,013

Renter share58.3%

SVI overall0.80

Poverty rate31.7%

Median income$42,952

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Springfield and the region

Centroid at 39.9202, -83.7892 · click any tract to drill in

Why East High Street Historic District scores 5.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Springfield

4.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

3.8

State political climate

Ohio legislature & governorship

2.4

Economic stress

31.7% poverty · this tract

7.9

Supply constraint

$764 rent vs county FMR

2.2

Rent control risk

Inherited from Springfield

5.6

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

1.9

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Springfield

8.9

Housing court bias

Inherited from Springfield

7.0

How East High Street Historic District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 80

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

84%Socioeconomic
66%Household composition
38%Racial/ethnic minority
77%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
11%Grade B
65%Grade C
11%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)

281Total filings over 6 yrs
6.77%Avg annual filing rate
7.1%Peak (2005)
50Filings in 2018 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2003 to 2018

Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 6 months.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within East High 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.

18.9%Housing insecurity
14.7%Utility-shutoff threat
25.5%Food insecurity
24.5%SNAP enrollment
13.0%Transit barriers
12.2%No health insurance
22.5%Frequent mental distress
37.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in East High Street Historic District

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.9/10. 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 Springfield eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Clark County average of 5.3 and above the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 281 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 6.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 7.1% of renter households in 2005.

Part of this tract, about 11% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 39023000400

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39023000400?

Census tract 39023000400 in the East High Street Historic District neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 39023000400?

Median gross rent is $764/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 39023000400?

31.7% of residents in tract 39023000400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,578.

How socially vulnerable is tract 39023000400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 66th, minority 38th, housing 77th.

Is tract 39023000400 considered part of East High Street Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39023000400 fall within East High Street Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39023000400?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 281 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 39023000400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.77% of renter households, peaking at 7.1% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 39023000400 struggle to pay rent?

About 18.9% 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. 14.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 39023000400 compare to Springfield overall?

Tract 39023000400 scores 5.5/10, higher than the parent city of Springfield at 2.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Springfield eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 39023000400 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. 11% 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 Springfield

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

Eviction Lab tract-level court records (2000-2018) and Eviction Tracking System, Princeton University. Open Data Commons Attribution license. evictionlab.org