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Neighborhood · Ranked #11,153 of 84,120 nationally

Southwest Kent Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 39133601400 · Portage County, OH · pop 4,650 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

Census tract 39133601400 covers part of the Southwest Kent area of Kent, OH, and scores 7.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Cost burden runs 72% here against 46.4% across Portage County.

Risk score
7.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 40% Stable renters 16% Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units2,367
Renter share55.8%
SVI overall0.61
Poverty rate18.3%
Median income$43,592

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Southwest Kent
Moderate
Within parent city
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#3 of 8 tracts In Kent
Elevated
Within county
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#4 of 38 tracts In Portage County
Very High
Within state
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#22 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Kent and the region

Centroid at 41.1416, -81.3794 · click any tract to drill in

Why Southwest Kent scores 7.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Kent
4.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
18.3% poverty · this tract
4.6
Supply constraint
$970 rent vs county FMR
3.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kent
8.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kent
9.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kent
8.8

How Southwest Kent compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Southwest Kent risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.3This tracttract 6014005.9Kentparent city4.5Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 61

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)

  • 216Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 2.52%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.8%Peak (2012)
  • 22Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 39133601400
Filings dropped 41% over the past 7 months.
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 Southwest Kent

It sits 2.8 points above the Portage County average of 4.5. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10. The severe-burden share is 25%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.9/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 8.8/10.

The poverty rate is 18%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. The filing record is not thin: 216 evictions over 7 years of observation.

The worst year on record was 2012, when 2.8% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 2.5% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 87th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.5/10. Statewide the OH average is 4.2, so this tract runs 3.1 points hotter.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $970, close to the Kent average. Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $43,592.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 39133601400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39133601400?

Census tract 39133601400 in the Southwest Kent neighborhood scores 7.3/10 (Elevated 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 39133601400?

Median gross rent is $970/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 72% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39133601400?

18.3% of residents in tract 39133601400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,650.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39133601400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 73th, minority 38th, housing 25th.
Q5

Is tract 39133601400 considered part of Southwest Kent?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39133601400 fall within Southwest Kent (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39133601400?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 216 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 39133601400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.52% of renter households, peaking at 2.8% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 39133601400 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.8% 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. 10.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 39133601400 compare to Kent overall?

Tract 39133601400 scores 7.3/10, higher than the parent city of Kent at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kent eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Kent

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

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