McPherson Town Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Dayton

Cost burden runs around two-thirds here against 42.9% across Montgomery County. The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10.

SNAP participation runs 55.2% against 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 57%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Set annual rent against average income of $19,182 and the ratio lands at 46%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.

Disability prevalence runs 47.5% against 31.5% nationally. 66% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.8/10. Average gross rent is $733, 20% below the Dayton average.

It sits 1.2 points above the Montgomery County average of 4.2. Court records carry 658 eviction filings across 17 observed years. Filings peaked in 2004 at 11.7% of renter households.

This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Dayton. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

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