Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #51,553 of 84,120 nationally
Shelby Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 39139002700 · Richland County, OH · pop 5,727 · 16% of tract blocks fall in Shelby
Census tract 39139002700 belongs to Shelby in Richland County, Ohio. It is home to 5,727 residents and scores 4.4/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 19% of renter households, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $735 a month against an average household income of $71,451 a year, roughly 12% of income at the averages. About 13% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units2,209
Renter share13.2%
SVI overall0.26
Poverty rate9.2%
Median income$71,451
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
31
th percentile
Low
Within state
48
th percentile
Moderate
National
39
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Shelby and the region
Centroid at 40.8644, -82.5861 · click any tract to drill in
Why Shelby scores 3.4
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
9.2% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$735 rent vs county FMR
3.0
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: 26
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 40%Socioeconomic
- 15%Household composition
- 9%Racial/ethnic minority
- 40%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)
- 57Total filings over 11 yrs
- 1.68%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.0%Peak (2014)
- 6Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 50% 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
- 7.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.7%Food insecurity
- 10.2%SNAP enrollment
- 6.6%Transit barriers
- 7.2%No health insurance
- 17.4%Frequent mental distress
- 30.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Shelby
The score leans hardest on 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 below the Richland County average of 5.4 and below the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
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 7.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 26th 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 39139002700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39139002700?
Census tract 39139002700 in Shelby scores 3.4/10 (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 39139002700?
Median gross rent is $735/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 19% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39139002700?
9.2% of residents in tract 39139002700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,727.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39139002700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 26th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 40th, household 15th, minority 9th, housing 40th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39139002700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 57 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 39139002700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.68% of renter households, peaking at 3.0% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 39139002700 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. 7.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 39139002700 compare to Shelby overall?
Tract 39139002700 scores 3.4/10, 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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