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Neighborhood · Ranked #22,681 of 84,120 nationally

Downtown Eviction Risk: Moderate , Marion

Tract 39101000502 · Marion County, OH · pop 2,589 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

39101000502 is a census tract in the Downtown area of Marion, OH. It scores 5.6/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,589 residents. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.6/10.

Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20% Stable renters 27% Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units976
Renter share46.9%
SVI overall0.57
Poverty rate27.1%
Median income$53,077

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#3 of 8 tracts In Downtown
Elevated
Within parent city
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 14 tracts In Marion
High
Within county
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 18 tracts In Marion County
High
Within state
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#466 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Marion and the region

Centroid at 40.5802, -83.1243 · click any tract to drill in

Why Downtown scores 5.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
27.1% poverty · this tract
6.8
Supply constraint
$684 rent vs county FMR
2.0
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.
Downtown risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.6This tracttract 0005024.2Marionparent city4.4Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 57

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)

  • 226Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 5.31%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.5%Peak (2018)
  • 43Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 39101000502
Filings climbed 23% 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Downtown

On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. The severe-burden share is 19%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

The poverty rate is 27%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Running cool, supply constraint reads 2/10. At $684 a month, rents run 20% under what the rest of Marion commands.

Against the Marion County average of 4.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 226 filings here across 7 tracked years.

The worst year on record was 2018, when 6.5% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 5.3% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 73rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 6.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 15% of average household income of $53,077, an unusually wide affordability cushion.

Statewide the OH average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 39101000502

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39101000502?

Census tract 39101000502 in the Downtown 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 39101000502?

Median gross rent is $684/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39101000502?

27.1% of residents in tract 39101000502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,589.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39101000502?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 57th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 37th, minority 35th, housing 38th.
Q5

Is tract 39101000502 considered part of Downtown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39101000502 fall within Downtown (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39101000502?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 226 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 39101000502 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.31% of renter households, peaking at 6.5% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 39101000502 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. 11.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 39101000502 compare to Marion overall?

Tract 39101000502 scores 5.6/10, 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Marion

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

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