Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #51,553 of 84,120 nationally
Wayne Lakes Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 39037560102 · Darke County, OH · pop 3,218 · 15% of tract blocks fall in Wayne Lakes
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 39037560102 (Wayne Lakes, Ohio) comes in at 3.8/10, the Lower tier. On the national scale it ranks #76,768 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 27% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $839 a month while the average household earns $56,172 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 24% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units1,349
Renter share24.5%
SVI overall0.53
Poverty rate13.7%
Median income$56,172
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
39
th percentile
Low
Within state
48
th percentile
Moderate
National
39
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wayne Lakes and the region
Centroid at 40.0442, -84.7144 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wayne Lakes scores 3.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Wayne Lakes
2.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
1.8
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
13.7% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$839 rent vs county FMR
4.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wayne Lakes
3.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wayne Lakes
5.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wayne Lakes
3.3
How Wayne Lakes compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 53
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 67%Socioeconomic
- 81%Household composition
- 11%Racial/ethnic minority
- 26%Housing & transportation
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.
- 12.1%Housing insecurity
- 9.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.6%Food insecurity
- 15.2%SNAP enrollment
- 8.8%Transit barriers
- 8.9%No health insurance
- 19.4%Frequent mental distress
- 35.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wayne Lakes
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at $1/10. 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 Wayne Lakes, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Darke County average of 4.0 and below the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 53rd 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, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 39037560102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39037560102?
Census tract 39037560102 in Wayne Lakes scores 3.4/10 (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 39037560102?
Median gross rent is $839/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39037560102?
13.7% of residents in tract 39037560102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,218.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39037560102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 53th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 67th, household 81th, minority 11th, housing 26th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 39037560102 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.1% 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. 9.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 39037560102 compare to Wayne Lakes overall?
Tract 39037560102 scores 3.4/10, higher than the parent city of Wayne Lakes at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wayne Lakes; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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