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Neighborhood · Ranked #26,446 of 84,120 nationally

College Hill Eviction Risk: Moderate , Cincinnati

Tract 39061008202 · Hamilton County, OH · pop 3,722 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

In the College Hill area of Cincinnati, census tract 39061008202 scores 5.8/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 67% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 54% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 29% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $750 a month against an average household income of $45,909 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 65% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 35% Stable renters 30% Owners 35%
Tract context
Occupied units1,618
Renter share65.5%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate16.3%
Median income$45,909

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In College Hill
Moderate
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#56 of 110 tracts In Cincinnati
Moderate
Within county
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#67 of 226 tracts In Hamilton County
Elevated
Within state
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#736 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Cincinnati and the region

Centroid at 39.1992, -84.5506 · click any tract to drill in

Why College Hill scores 4.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Cincinnati
6.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
16.3% poverty · this tract
4.1
Supply constraint
$750 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Cincinnati
2.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Cincinnati
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Cincinnati
4.5

How College Hill compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
College Hill risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.94.9This tracttract 008202Cincinnati: 3.43.4Cincinnatiparent cityCounty: 3.83.8Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 87

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

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)

  • 1,556Total filings over 16 yrs
  • 9.50%Avg annual filing rate
  • 13.3%Peak (2013)
  • 67Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 390610082022002: 75 filings (7.22/100 renter HHs)2003: 92 filings (8.85/100 renter HHs)2004: 85 filings (8.18/100 renter HHs)2005: 74 filings (7.61/100 renter HHs)2006: 107 filings (11.01/100 renter HHs)2007: 104 filings (10.70/100 renter HHs)2008: 72 filings (7.41/100 renter HHs)2009: 98 filings (10.08/100 renter HHs)2010: 106 filings (10.50/100 renter HHs)2011: 130 filings (12.04/100 renter HHs)2012: 109 filings (10.09/100 renter HHs)2013: 144 filings (13.33/100 renter HHs)2014: 93 filings (8.61/100 renter HHs)2015: 108 filings (10.00/100 renter HHs)2016: 92 filings (9.44/100 renter HHs)2018: 67 filings (6.87/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 16 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 508Total filings 2020-21
  • 6.6Avg monthly (observed)
  • 8.5Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.78×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline2020-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-05-01: 6 filings (0.60× baseline)2020-06-01: 1 filings (0.12× baseline)2020-07-01: 5 filings (0.36× baseline)2020-08-01: 8 filings (0.75× baseline)2020-09-01: 7 filings (0.76× baseline)2020-10-01: 5 filings (0.68× baseline)2020-11-01: 5 filings (0.57× baseline)2020-12-01: 5 filings (0.63× baseline)2021-01-01: 7 filings (0.63× baseline)2021-02-01: 4 filings (0.56× baseline)2021-03-01: 4 filings (0.65× baseline)2021-04-01: 7 filings (0.92× baseline)2021-05-01: 4 filings (0.40× baseline)2021-06-01: 6 filings (0.73× baseline)2021-07-01: 12 filings (0.86× baseline)2021-08-01: 12 filings (1.13× baseline)2021-09-01: 4 filings (0.43× baseline)2021-10-01: 15 filings (2.03× baseline)2021-11-01: 4 filings (0.45× baseline)2021-12-01: 4 filings (0.50× baseline)2022-01-01: 15 filings (1.34× baseline)2022-02-01: 6 filings (0.83× baseline)2022-03-01: 11 filings (1.77× baseline)2022-04-01: 9 filings (1.18× baseline)2022-05-01: 12 filings (1.20× baseline)2022-06-01: 6 filings (0.73× baseline)2022-07-01: 4 filings (0.29× baseline)2022-08-01: 20 filings (1.89× baseline)2022-09-01: 14 filings (1.52× baseline)2022-10-01: 5 filings (0.68× baseline)2022-11-01: 9 filings (1.02× baseline)2022-12-01: 13 filings (1.63× baseline)2023-01-01: 8 filings (0.71× baseline)2023-02-01: 8 filings (1.11× baseline)2023-03-01: 8 filings (1.29× baseline)2023-04-01: 4 filings (0.53× baseline)2023-05-01: 5 filings (0.50× baseline)2023-06-01: 9 filings (1.10× baseline)2023-07-01: 1 filings (0.07× baseline)2023-08-01: 6 filings (0.57× baseline)2023-09-01: 13 filings (1.41× baseline)2023-10-01: 6 filings (0.81× baseline)2023-11-01: 11 filings (1.25× baseline)2023-12-01: 5 filings (0.63× baseline)2024-01-01: 7 filings (0.63× baseline)2024-02-01: 7 filings (0.95× baseline)2024-03-01: 3 filings (0.48× baseline)2024-04-01: 6 filings (0.79× baseline)2024-05-01: 11 filings (1.10× baseline)2024-06-01: 6 filings (0.73× baseline)2024-07-01: 5 filings (0.36× baseline)2024-08-01: 7 filings (0.66× baseline)2024-09-01: 4 filings (0.43× baseline)2024-10-01: 10 filings (1.35× baseline)2024-11-01: 4 filings (0.45× baseline)2024-12-01: 9 filings (1.13× baseline)2025-01-01: 5 filings (0.45× baseline)2025-02-01: 8 filings (1.11× baseline)2025-03-01: 2 filings (0.32× baseline)2025-04-01: 6 filings (0.79× baseline)2025-05-01: 4 filings (0.40× baseline)2025-06-01: 4 filings (0.49× baseline)2025-07-01: 6 filings (0.43× baseline)2025-08-01: 4 filings (0.38× baseline)2025-09-01: 5 filings (0.54× baseline)2025-10-01: 4 filings (0.54× baseline)2025-11-01: 9 filings (1.02× baseline)2025-12-01: 13 filings (1.63× baseline)2026-01-01: 13 filings (130.00× baseline)2026-02-01: 3 filings (30.00× baseline)2026-03-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)2026-04-01: 7 filings (70.00× baseline)2026-05-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)

Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Cincinnati, OH as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within College Hill. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in College Hill

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 5.5/10. 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 Cincinnati 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 Hamilton County average of 5.6 and above the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,556 eviction filings here over 16 tracked years, with about 9.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 13.3% of renter households in 2013.

During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.78x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 39061008202

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39061008202?

Census tract 39061008202 in the College Hill neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 39061008202?

Median gross rent is $750/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39061008202?

16.3% of residents in tract 39061008202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,722.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39061008202?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 75th, minority 77th, housing 86th.
Q5

Is tract 39061008202 considered part of College Hill?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39061008202 fall within College Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39061008202?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,556 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 39061008202 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.50% of renter households, peaking at 13.3% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 39061008202 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.78× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Cincinnati eviction risk, OH), 2020-2021.
Q8

What share of households in tract 39061008202 struggle to pay rent?

About 19.1% 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. 15.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9

How does tract 39061008202 compare to Cincinnati overall?

Tract 39061008202 scores 4.9/10, higher than the parent city of Cincinnati at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Cincinnati eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Cincinnati

Top eight tracts in Cincinnati ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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