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Fifth and Lawrence Streets Residential Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Ironton

Tract 39087050400 · Lawrence County, OH · pop 3,005 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

Census tract 39087050400 covers part of the Fifth and Lawrence Streets Residential Historic District area of Ironton, OH, and scores 4.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,005. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.3/10.

Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 22% Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units1,341
Renter share38.0%
SVI overall0.63
Poverty rate18.6%
Median income$40,893

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Fifth and Lawrence Streets Residential Historic District
Moderate
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 5 tracts In Ironton
Moderate
Within county
82 th percentile
Rank, 82nd percentileLowHigh
#4 of 18 tracts In Lawrence County
High
Within state
62 th percentile
Rank, 62nd percentileLowHigh
#1,200 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Ironton and the region

Centroid at 38.5485, -82.7007 · click any tract to drill in

Why Fifth and Lawrence Streets Residential Historic District scores 4.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Ironton
3.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.7
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
18.6% poverty · this tract
4.6
Supply constraint
$697 rent vs county FMR
2.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ironton
5.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ironton
8.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ironton
7.2

How Fifth and Lawrence Streets Residential Historic District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Fifth and Lawrence Streets Residential Historic District risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.5This tracttract 0504004.0Irontonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 63

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

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 Fifth and Lawrence Streets Residential Historic District

18% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.2/10. Cost burden runs 41% here against 34.1% across Lawrence County.

Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.3/10. The poverty rate is 19%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Average gross rent is $697, 11% below the Ironton average.

That is riskier than roughly 51% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 6.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Lawrence County average of 4.0 closely.

Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $40,893. 38% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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 39087050400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39087050400?

Census tract 39087050400 in the Fifth and Lawrence Streets Residential Historic District neighborhood scores 4.5/10 (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 39087050400?

Median gross rent is $697/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39087050400?

18.6% of residents in tract 39087050400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,005.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39087050400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 57th, household 78th, minority 2th, housing 71th.
Q5

Is tract 39087050400 considered part of Fifth and Lawrence Streets Residential Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39087050400 fall within Fifth and Lawrence Streets Residential Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 39087050400 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.6% 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. 10.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 39087050400 compare to Ironton overall?

Tract 39087050400 scores 4.5/10, higher than the parent city of Ironton at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ironton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Ironton

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

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