Lancaster Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate

Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.6/10. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.9/10. It sits 1.4 points above the Fairfield County average of 4.0.

The filing record is not thin: 563 evictions over 13 years of observation. At $950 a month, rents run 12% under what the rest of Lancaster commands. The worst year on record was 2004, when 7.7% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 6.3% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 70% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the OH average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 39% of renters.

Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $47,414. 54% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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