Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #49,882 of 84,120 nationally
Shelby Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 39139002500 · Richland County, OH · pop 4,358 · 50% of tract blocks fall in Shelby
For landlords sizing up Shelby, census tract 39139002500 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 5.2/10. On the national scale it ranks #46,271 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 44% of renter households, a severe level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $764 a month while the average household earns $64,088 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. About 21% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units1,681
Renter share21.1%
SVI overall0.21
Poverty rate7.8%
Median income$64,088
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
35
th percentile
Low
Within state
50
th percentile
Moderate
National
41
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Shelby and the region
Centroid at 40.8546, -82.6938 · click any tract to drill in
Why Shelby scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Shelby
3.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.0
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
7.8% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$764 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Shelby
4.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Shelby
7.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Shelby
5.4
How Shelby compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 21
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 15%Socioeconomic
- 40%Household composition
- 1%Racial/ethnic minority
- 45%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)
- 174Total filings over 11 yrs
- 3.22%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.4%Peak (2013)
- 9Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 57% 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.
- 9.3%Housing insecurity
- 6.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.0%Food insecurity
- 8.9%SNAP enrollment
- 6.4%Transit barriers
- 7.6%No health insurance
- 18.0%Frequent mental distress
- 29.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Shelby
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 7.6/10. 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 Shelby, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Richland 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 21st 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 9.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 39139002500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39139002500?
Census tract 39139002500 in Shelby scores 3.5/10 (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 39139002500?
Median gross rent is $764/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39139002500?
7.8% of residents in tract 39139002500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,358.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39139002500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 21th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 15th, household 40th, minority 1th, housing 45th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39139002500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 174 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 39139002500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.22% of renter households, peaking at 5.4% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 39139002500 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.3% 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. 6.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 39139002500 compare to Shelby overall?
Tract 39139002500 scores 3.5/10, higher than the parent city of Shelby at 2.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Shelby; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Shelby
Top eight tracts in Shelby ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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