Census Tract · Ranked #32,735 of 84,120 nationally

Blanchester Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 39027964900 · Clinton County, OH · pop 5,164 · 67% of tract blocks fall in Blanchester

For landlords sizing up Blanchester, census tract 39027964900 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 5.2/10. That is riskier than about 45% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 39% of renter households, a high level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $839 a month while the average household earns $56,638 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 40% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

4.5

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 25% Owners 59%

Tract context

Occupied units1,894

Renter share40.4%

SVI overall0.70

Poverty rate17.5%

Median income$56,638

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Blanchester and the region

Centroid at 39.2950, -83.9730 · click any tract to drill in

Why Blanchester scores 4.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Blanchester

3.1

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

2.4

State political climate

Ohio legislature & governorship

2.4

Economic stress

17.5% poverty · this tract

4.4

Supply constraint

$839 rent vs county FMR

4.1

Rent control risk

Inherited from Blanchester

6.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.1

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Blanchester

8.4

Housing court bias

Inherited from Blanchester

6.8

How Blanchester compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 70

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

71%Socioeconomic
68%Household composition
2%Racial/ethnic minority
80%Housing & transportation

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)

289Total filings over 12 yrs
3.62%Avg annual filing rate
5.8%Peak (2002)
20Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2002 to 2016

Filings dropped 43% over the past 12 months.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

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.

12.7%Housing insecurity
9.5%Utility-shutoff threat
17.1%Food insecurity
15.2%SNAP enrollment
9.0%Transit barriers
9.5%No health insurance
19.9%Frequent mental distress
35.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Blanchester

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 8.4/10. 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 Blanchester, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Clinton County average of 4.8 and in line with the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 12.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 70th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 39027964900

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39027964900?

Census tract 39027964900 in Blanchester scores 4.5/10 (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 39027964900?

Median gross rent is $839/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 39027964900?

17.5% of residents in tract 39027964900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,164.

How socially vulnerable is tract 39027964900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 71th, household 68th, minority 2th, housing 80th.

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39027964900?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 289 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39027964900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.62% of renter households, peaking at 5.8% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 39027964900 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.7% 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. 9.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 39027964900 compare to Blanchester overall?

Tract 39027964900 scores 4.5/10, higher than the parent city of Blanchester at 2.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Blanchester; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

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