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Neighborhood · Ranked #48,083 of 84,120 nationally

Ridgewood Eviction Risk: Lower , Springfield

Tract 39023003700 · Clark County, OH · pop 4,599 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Census tract 39023003700 sits in the Ridgewood area of Springfield eviction risk, Ohio eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.4/10. On the national scale it ranks #40,040 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 44% of renter households, a severe level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $790 a month against an average household income of $68,083 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. About 42% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 23% Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units2,064
Renter share41.6%
SVI overall0.26
Poverty rate8.7%
Median income$68,083

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Ridgewood
Moderate
Within parent city
12 th percentile
Rank, 12th percentileLowHigh
#24 of 27 tracts In Springfield
Very Low
Within county
39 th percentile
Rank, 39th percentileLowHigh
#28 of 45 tracts In Clark County
Low
Within state
52 th percentile
Rank, 52nd percentileLowHigh
#1,513 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Springfield and the region

Centroid at 39.9564, -83.8134 · click any tract to drill in

Why Ridgewood scores 3.6

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
8.7% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$790 rent vs county FMR
2.4
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 Ridgewood compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Ridgewood risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.63.6This tracttract 003700Springfield: 2.82.8Springfieldparent cityCounty: 4.04.0Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 26

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: A: Best

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

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)

  • 255Total filings over 6 yrs
  • 5.63%Avg annual filing rate
  • 9.3%Peak (2005)
  • 23Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2003 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 390230037002003: 51 filings (7.69/100 renter HHs)2005: 66 filings (9.34/100 renter HHs)2007: 45 filings (6.37/100 renter HHs)2011: 35 filings (3.91/100 renter HHs)2016: 35 filings (3.90/100 renter HHs)2018: 23 filings (2.56/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 55% over the past 6 months.
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Ridgewood

The score leans hardest on 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 about the same as 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.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 26th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

In CDC survey modeling, about 8.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.4% 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 39023003700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39023003700?

Census tract 39023003700 in the Ridgewood neighborhood scores 3.6/10 (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 39023003700?

Median gross rent is $790/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39023003700?

8.7% of residents in tract 39023003700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,599.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39023003700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 26th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 22th, minority 31th, housing 44th.
Q5

Is tract 39023003700 considered part of Ridgewood?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39023003700 fall within Ridgewood (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39023003700?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 255 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 39023003700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.63% of renter households, peaking at 9.3% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 39023003700 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.8% 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. 6.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 39023003700 compare to Springfield overall?

Tract 39023003700 scores 3.6/10, 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.
Q9

Was tract 39023003700 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 0% 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.

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