Within neighborhood
14
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #41,206 of 84,120 nationally
Downtown Eviction Risk: Moderate , Marion
Tract 39101000501 · Marion County, OH · pop 3,318 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
39101000501 is a census tract in the Downtown area of Marion, OH. It scores 4.5/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,318 residents. 55% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Marion County average of 40.0%.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units1,032
Renter share34.7%
SVI overall0.59
Poverty rate11.4%
Median income$42,173
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
39
th percentile
Low
Within county
53
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
62
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Marion and the region
Centroid at 40.5784, -83.1359 · click any tract to drill in
Why Downtown scores 4.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Marion
3.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.1
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
11.4% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$904 rent vs county FMR
4.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Marion
6.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Marion
8.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Marion
7.4
How Downtown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 59
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 71%Socioeconomic
- 59%Household composition
- 8%Racial/ethnic minority
- 52%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)
- 263Total filings over 7 yrs
- 10.23%Avg annual filing rate
- 13.9%Peak (2014)
- 36Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 50% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Downtown. 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.
- 15.6%Housing insecurity
- 11.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.7%Food insecurity
- 18.6%SNAP enrollment
- 10.8%Transit barriers
- 11.6%No health insurance
- 21.7%Frequent mental distress
- 37.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Downtown
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.6/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.4/10.
The filing record is not thin: 263 evictions over 7 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2014, when 13.9% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 10.2% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 51st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.3/10.
It tracks the Marion County average of 4.4 closely. Average gross rent is $904, close to the Marion average. Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $42,173.
35% 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 39101000501
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39101000501?
Census tract 39101000501 in the Downtown 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 39101000501?
Median gross rent is $904/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39101000501?
11.4% of residents in tract 39101000501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,318.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39101000501?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 59th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 71th, household 59th, minority 8th, housing 52th.
Q5
Is tract 39101000501 considered part of Downtown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39101000501 fall within Downtown (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39101000501?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 263 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 39101000501 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.23% of renter households, peaking at 13.9% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 39101000501 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.6% 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. 11.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 39101000501 compare to Marion overall?
Tract 39101000501 scores 4.5/10, higher than the parent city of Marion at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Marion eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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Highest-risk tracts in Marion
Top eight tracts in Marion ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
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/ 10 · Elevated
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/ 10 · Moderate
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