Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #22,681 of 84,120 nationally
College Hill Eviction Risk: Moderate , Cincinnati
Tract 39061008202 · Hamilton County, OH · pop 3,722 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Census tract 39061008202 covers part of the College Hill area of Cincinnati, OH, and scores 5.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,722. 29% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.6
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 parent city
48
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
71
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
85
th percentile
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 5.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 87
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 81%Socioeconomic
- 75%Household composition
- 77%Racial/ethnic minority
- 86%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)
- 1,556Total filings over 16 yrs
- 9.50%Avg annual filing rate
- 13.3%Peak (2013)
- 67Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
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
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.
- 19.1%Housing insecurity
- 15.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 23.6%Food insecurity
- 22.6%SNAP enrollment
- 12.2%Transit barriers
- 9.1%No health insurance
- 18.2%Frequent mental distress
- 33.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in College Hill
The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1/10. Cost burden runs 54% here against 42.5% across Hamilton County.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.3/10. This is renter territory: 65% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. At $750 a month, rents run 25% under what the rest of Cincinnati commands.
Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10. It sits 1.2 points above the Hamilton County average of 4.4. The filing record is not thin: 1,556 evictions over 16 years of observation.
SNAP participation runs 22.6% against 15.2% nationally. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 15.1% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
Filings peaked in 2013 at 13.3% of renter households. In a typical year about 9.5% of renter households face a filing.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
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 5.6/10 (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 5.6/10, higher than the parent city of Cincinnati at 4.5/10. 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.
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