Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #65,414 of 84,120 nationally
Lexington Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 39139002200 · Richland County, OH · pop 7,103 · 49% of tract blocks fall in Lexington
Tract 39139002200 sits in Lexington, OH, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.1/10. Population here is 7,103. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1.8/10.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units2,979
Renter share20.5%
SVI overall0.29
Poverty rate8.9%
Median income$61,084
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
28
th percentile
Low
Within state
33
th percentile
Low
National
22
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lexington and the region
Centroid at 40.6847, -82.6159 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lexington scores 3.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Lexington
3.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.0
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
8.9% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$761 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lexington
1.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lexington
6.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lexington
4.0
How Lexington compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 29
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 32%Socioeconomic
- 34%Household composition
- 2%Racial/ethnic minority
- 46%Housing & transportation
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)
- 223Total filings over 11 yrs
- 3.15%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.3%Peak (2010)
- 11Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 52% over the past 11 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.
- 10.9%Housing insecurity
- 8.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.1%Food insecurity
- 13.4%SNAP enrollment
- 7.9%Transit barriers
- 7.8%No health insurance
- 18.4%Frequent mental distress
- 31.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lexington
Against Richland County at 39.0%, roughly one in three of renters here are cost-burdened. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.9/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 2.2/10.
It sits 1.1 points below the Richland County average of 4.2. Severe burden reaches 11%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Court records carry 223 eviction filings across 11 observed years. Filings peaked in 2010 at 5.3% of renter households. In a typical year about 3.1% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #65,414 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 21% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.6/10. Against average income of $61,084, annual rent is just 15%.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 39139002200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39139002200?
Census tract 39139002200 in Lexington scores 3.1/10 (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 39139002200?
Median gross rent is $761/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39139002200?
8.9% of residents in tract 39139002200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,103.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39139002200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 29th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 32th, household 34th, minority 2th, housing 46th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39139002200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 223 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 39139002200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.15% of renter households, peaking at 5.3% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 39139002200 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.9% 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. 8.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 39139002200 compare to Lexington overall?
Tract 39139002200 scores 3.1/10, lower than the parent city of Lexington at 3.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lexington; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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