Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally
East Palestine Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 39029951500 · Columbiana County, OH · pop 5,044 · 76% of tract blocks fall in East Palestine
Tract 39029951500 sits in East Palestine, OH, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.2/10. It is home to 5,044 residents. The main counterweight is eviction-process difficulty at 1.9/10.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units2,095
Renter share29.3%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate9.8%
Median income$51,427
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
33
th percentile
Low
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
National
25
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across East Palestine and the region
Centroid at 40.8175, -80.5385 · click any tract to drill in
Why East Palestine scores 3.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from East Palestine
3.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.8
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
9.8% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$802 rent vs county FMR
4.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from East Palestine
2.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from East Palestine
7.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from East Palestine
3.9
How East Palestine compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 39
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 41%Socioeconomic
- 64%Household composition
- 18%Racial/ethnic minority
- 34%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)
- 150Total filings over 10 yrs
- 3.40%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.8%Peak (2003)
- 19Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 46% over the past 10 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.
- 13.4%Housing insecurity
- 9.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.1%Food insecurity
- 16.2%SNAP enrollment
- 9.4%Transit barriers
- 9.8%No health insurance
- 20.2%Frequent mental distress
- 34.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in East Palestine
Severe burden reaches 16%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.4/10.
Against Columbiana County at 34.5%, 28% of renters here are cost-burdened. Running cool, economic stress reads 2.4/10. The filing record is not thin: 150 evictions over 10 years of observation.
It sits 0.8 points below the Columbiana County average of 4.0. The worst year on record was 2003, when 3.8% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 3.4% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 25% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 4.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the OH average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.0 points cooler.
Average gross rent is $802, close to the East Palestine average. Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $51,427.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 39029951500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39029951500?
Census tract 39029951500 in East Palestine scores 3.2/10 (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 39029951500?
Median gross rent is $802/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39029951500?
9.8% of residents in tract 39029951500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,044.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39029951500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 41th, household 64th, minority 18th, housing 34th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39029951500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 150 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 39029951500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.40% of renter households, peaking at 3.8% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 39029951500 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.4% 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. 9.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 39029951500 compare to East Palestine overall?
Tract 39029951500 scores 3.2/10, right in line with the parent city of East Palestine at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from East Palestine; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in East Palestine
Top eight tracts in East Palestine ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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