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South Fountain Avenue Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Springfield

Tract 39023001102 · Clark County, OH · pop 2,903 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

Census tract 39023001102 covers part of the South Fountain Avenue Historic District area of Springfield, OH, and scores 5.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,903 residents. SNAP participation runs 37.9% against 15.2% nationally.

Risk score

5.6

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 11% Stable renters 33% Owners 56%

Tract context

Occupied units1,362

Renter share43.8%

SVI overall0.84

Poverty rate27.3%

Median income$35,056

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Springfield and the region

Centroid at 39.9020, -83.8207 · click any tract to drill in

Why South Fountain Avenue Historic District scores 5.6

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

27.3% poverty · this tract

6.8

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: 84

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

80%Socioeconomic
99%Household composition
82%Racial/ethnic minority
36%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

5%Grade A
6%Grade B
1%Grade C
1%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)

131Total filings over 6 yrs
5.19%Avg annual filing rate
7.1%Peak (2016)
14Filings in 2018 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2003 to 2018

Filings dropped 30% 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.

25.5%Housing insecurity
21.2%Utility-shutoff threat
36.5%Food insecurity
37.9%SNAP enrollment
17.7%Transit barriers
12.9%No health insurance
21.4%Frequent mental distress
44.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in South Fountain Avenue Historic District

25% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Clark County average of 39.6%. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 8.9/10. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.9/10.

The poverty rate is 27%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Disability prevalence runs 44.8% against 31.5% nationally. Against the Clark County average of 4.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points.

On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 131 filings here across 6 tracked years.

Severe burden reaches 8%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The worst year on record was 2016, when 7.1% of renter households were served.

This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Springfield. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 5.2% of renter households face a filing.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 39023001102

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39023001102?

Census tract 39023001102 in the South Fountain Avenue 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.

What is the poverty rate in tract 39023001102?

27.3% of residents in tract 39023001102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,903.

How socially vulnerable is tract 39023001102?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 99th, minority 82th, housing 36th.

Is tract 39023001102 considered part of South Fountain Avenue Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39023001102 fall within South Fountain Avenue Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39023001102?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 131 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 39023001102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.19% of renter households, peaking at 7.1% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 39023001102 struggle to pay rent?

About 25.5% 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. 21.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 39023001102 compare to Springfield overall?

Tract 39023001102 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.

Was tract 39023001102 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 1% 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