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Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally

Middle Grounds Eviction Risk: Moderate , Toledo

Tract 39095005200 · Lucas County, OH · pop 2,964 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

Census tract 39095005200 covers part of the Middle Grounds area of Toledo, OH, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,964. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.9/10.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 19% Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units1,240
Renter share34.7%
SVI overall0.65
Poverty rate30.8%
Median income$42,153

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Middle Grounds
Very High
Within parent city
61 th percentile
Rank, 61st percentileLowHigh
#48 of 121 tracts In Toledo
Elevated
Within county
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#17 of 168 tracts In Lucas County
Very High
Within state
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#554 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Toledo and the region

Centroid at 41.6238, -83.5352 · click any tract to drill in

Why Middle Grounds scores 5.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Toledo
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.8
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
30.8% poverty · this tract
7.7
Supply constraint
$756 rent vs county FMR
2.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Toledo
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Toledo
4.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Toledo
4.0

How Middle Grounds compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Middle Grounds risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.4This tracttract 0052004.0Toledoparent city4.2Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 65

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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)

  • 495Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 6.72%Avg annual filing rate
  • 10.6%Peak (2003)
  • 24Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2003 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 39095005200
Filings dropped 50% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Middle Grounds. 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 Middle Grounds

Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. The poverty rate is 31%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. SNAP participation runs 28.5% against 15.2% nationally.

On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.2/10. It sits 1.2 points above the Lucas County average of 4.2. At $756 a month, rents run 16% under what the rest of Toledo commands.

46% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Lucas County average of 41.3%. Court records carry 495 eviction filings across 15 observed years. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 16.3% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

Filings peaked in 2003 at 10.6% of renter households. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Toledo. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

In a typical year about 6.7% 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 6.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 39095005200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39095005200?

Census tract 39095005200 in the Middle Grounds neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (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 39095005200?

Median gross rent is $756/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39095005200?

30.8% of residents in tract 39095005200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,964.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39095005200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 75th, minority 39th, housing 9th.
Q5

Is tract 39095005200 considered part of Middle Grounds?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39095005200 fall within Middle Grounds (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39095005200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 495 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 39095005200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.72% of renter households, peaking at 10.6% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 39095005200 struggle to pay rent?

About 20.7% 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. 16.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 39095005200 compare to Toledo overall?

Tract 39095005200 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Toledo at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Toledo eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9

Was tract 39095005200 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 11% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Toledo

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

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