Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #18,240 of 84,120 nationally
Linden Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Dayton
Tract 39113002400 · Montgomery County, OH · pop 2,566 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
Census tract 39113002400 covers Linden Heights in Dayton, home to 2,566 residents. For landlords it grades 5.5/10, a moderate reading. That is riskier than roughly 56% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 42% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 10% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $722 monthly, set against $47,972 in average yearly household income, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 43% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units1,175
Renter share42.6%
SVI overall0.71
Poverty rate29.1%
Median income$47,972
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
60
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
83
th percentile
High
Within state
87
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Dayton and the region
Centroid at 39.7594, -84.1426 · click any tract to drill in
Why Linden Heights scores 5.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Dayton
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.1
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
29.1% poverty · this tract
7.3
Supply constraint
$722 rent vs county FMR
1.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Dayton
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Dayton
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Dayton
3.5
How Linden Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 71
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 92%Socioeconomic
- 76%Household composition
- 53%Racial/ethnic minority
- 21%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 61%Grade B
- 13%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
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)
- 547Total filings over 17 yrs
- 8.38%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.7%Peak (2017)
- 32Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 23% over the past 17 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Linden Heights. 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.
- 19.0%Housing insecurity
- 14.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 25.1%Food insecurity
- 23.4%SNAP enrollment
- 13.1%Transit barriers
- 14.5%No health insurance
- 21.9%Frequent mental distress
- 37.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Linden Heights
What moves this score most is economic stress at 7.3/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Dayton eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Montgomery County average of 5.4 and above the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 71st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 547 eviction filings here over 17 tracked years, with about 8.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 10.7% of renter households in 2017.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 39113002400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39113002400?
Census tract 39113002400 in the Linden Heights neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (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 39113002400?
Median gross rent is $722/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39113002400?
29.1% of residents in tract 39113002400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,566.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39113002400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 71th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 76th, minority 53th, housing 21th.
Q5
Is tract 39113002400 considered part of Linden Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39113002400 fall within Linden Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39113002400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 547 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 39113002400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.38% of renter households, peaking at 10.7% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 39113002400 struggle to pay rent?
About 19.0% 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. 14.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 39113002400 compare to Dayton overall?
Tract 39113002400 scores 5.5/10, higher than the parent city of Dayton at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Dayton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 39113002400 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% 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.
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