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Census Tract · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally

Kettering Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 39113020200 · Montgomery County, OH · pop 2,869 · 98% of tract blocks fall in Kettering

In Kettering, census tract 39113020200 scores 5.1/10 for eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #49,237 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

31% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,089 a month while the average household earns $73,846 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 25% of occupied homes.

Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8% Stable renters 17% Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units1,196
Renter share25.2%
SVI overall0.22
Poverty rate9.5%
Median income$73,846

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
55 th percentile
Rank, 55th percentileLowHigh
#11 of 23 tracts In Kettering
Moderate
Within county
32 th percentile
Rank, 32nd percentileLowHigh
#106 of 156 tracts In Montgomery County
Low
Within state
34 th percentile
Rank, 34th percentileLowHigh
#2,092 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Low
National
27 th percentile
Rank, 27th percentileLowHigh
#61,757 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Kettering and the region

Centroid at 39.6996, -84.1992 · click any tract to drill in

Why Kettering scores 2.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Kettering
5.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.1
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
9.5% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,089 rent vs county FMR
5.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kettering
5.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kettering
7.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kettering
4.9

How Kettering compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Kettering risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 2.82.8This tracttract 020200Kettering: 2.42.4Ketteringparent cityCounty: 3.83.8Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 22

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: A: Best

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. 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)

  • 135Total filings over 17 yrs
  • 2.07%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.0%Peak (2006)
  • 1Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 391130202002002: 11 filings (2.95/100 renter HHs)2003: 10 filings (2.68/100 renter HHs)2004: 4 filings (1.07/100 renter HHs)2005: 8 filings (2.63/100 renter HHs)2006: 12 filings (3.95/100 renter HHs)2007: 12 filings (3.95/100 renter HHs)2008: 6 filings (1.98/100 renter HHs)2009: 5 filings (1.65/100 renter HHs)2010: 10 filings (2.56/100 renter HHs)2011: 9 filings (1.87/100 renter HHs)2012: 6 filings (1.24/100 renter HHs)2013: 11 filings (2.28/100 renter HHs)2014: 6 filings (1.24/100 renter HHs)2015: 8 filings (1.66/100 renter HHs)2016: 5 filings (1.03/100 renter HHs)2017: 11 filings (2.26/100 renter HHs)2018: 1 filings (0.21/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 91% over the past 17 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

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 Kettering

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 7.4/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Kettering eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Montgomery County average of 5.4 and in line with the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 22nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 135 eviction filings here over 17 tracked years, with about 2.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.0% of renter households in 2006.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 39113020200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39113020200?

Census tract 39113020200 in Kettering scores 2.8/10 (Lower 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 39113020200?

Median gross rent is $1,089/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39113020200?

9.5% of residents in tract 39113020200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,869.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39113020200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 22th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 40th, household 6th, minority 22th, housing 40th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39113020200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 135 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 39113020200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.07% of renter households, peaking at 4.0% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 39113020200 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.8% 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. 6.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 39113020200 compare to Kettering overall?

Tract 39113020200 scores 2.8/10, higher than the parent city of Kettering at 2.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kettering eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 39113020200 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Kettering

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

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