Neighborhood · Ranked #37,643 of 84,120 nationally

South Fountain Avenue Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Springfield

Tract 39023000902 · Clark County, OH · pop 986 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

For landlords sizing up the South Fountain Avenue Historic District area of Springfield, census tract 39023000902 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 4.9/10. On the national scale it ranks #55,081 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 20% of renter households, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $33,462 a year. About 40% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

4.2

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 8% Stable renters 32% Owners 60%

Tract context

Occupied units444

Renter share40.1%

SVI overall0.60

Poverty rate9.6%

Median income$33,462

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Springfield and the region

Centroid at 39.9149, -83.8301 · click any tract to drill in

Why South Fountain Avenue Historic District scores 4.2

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

9.6% poverty · this tract

2.4

Supply constraint

tract rent vs county FMR

5.0

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 South Fountain Avenue Historic District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 60

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

86%Socioeconomic
61%Household composition
90%Racial/ethnic minority
8%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
21%Grade C
61%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)

92Total filings over 6 yrs
9.89%Avg annual filing rate
11.0%Peak (2016)
11Filings 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 South Fountain Avenue 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.

29.0%Housing insecurity
25.4%Utility-shutoff threat
39.9%Food insecurity
42.9%SNAP enrollment
20.2%Transit barriers
13.9%No health insurance
22.9%Frequent mental distress
45.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in South Fountain Avenue Historic District

The heaviest input here 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 below the Clark County average of 5.3 and in line with the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 92 eviction filings here over 6 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 2016.

In CDC survey modeling, about 29.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 25.4% 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 39023000902

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39023000902?

Census tract 39023000902 in the South Fountain Avenue Historic District neighborhood scores 4.2/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 39023000902?

9.6% of residents in tract 39023000902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 986.

How socially vulnerable is tract 39023000902?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 61th, minority 90th, housing 8th.

Is tract 39023000902 considered part of South Fountain Avenue Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39023000902 fall within South Fountain Avenue Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39023000902?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 92 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 39023000902 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.89% of renter households, peaking at 11.0% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 39023000902 struggle to pay rent?

About 29.0% 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. 25.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 39023000902 compare to Springfield overall?

Tract 39023000902 scores 4.2/10, 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 39023000902 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 61% 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