Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #22,681 of 84,120 nationally
East High Street Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Springfield
Tract 39023000400 · Clark County, OH · pop 2,578 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Census tract 39023000400 covers part of the East High Street Historic District area of Springfield, OH, and scores 5.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,578 residents. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.9/10.
Risk score
5.6
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.Within parent city
92
th percentile
Very High
Within county
84
th percentile
High
Within state
85
th percentile
High
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 5.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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 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
The poverty rate is 32%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.9/10.
It sits 1.4 points above the Clark County average of 4.2. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8/10.
The severe-burden share is 11%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. SNAP participation runs 24.5% against 15.2% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 281 filings here across 6 tracked years.
Average gross rent is $764, 10% below the Springfield average. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 14.7% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The worst year on record was 2005, when 7.1% of renter households were served.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 6.8% of renter households face a filing.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 39023000400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39023000400?
Census tract 39023000400 in the East High Street Historic District neighborhood scores 5.6/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
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.
Q3
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.
Q4
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.
Q5
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).
Q6
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.
Q7
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.
Q8
How does tract 39023000400 compare to Springfield overall?
Tract 39023000400 scores 5.6/10, higher than the parent city of Springfield at 4.2/10. 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.
Q9
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.
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