Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #68,306 of 84,120 nationally
Bellville Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 39139003001 · Richland County, OH · pop 5,199 · 37% of tract blocks fall in Bellville
Census tract 39139003001 sits in Bellville, Ohio eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of $1/10. That is riskier than roughly 38% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
37% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $685 a month while the average household earns $80,696 a year, roughly 10% of income at the averages. Renters make up 25% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units2,056
Renter share24.8%
SVI overall0.27
Poverty rate5.8%
Median income$80,696
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
3
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
24
th percentile
Low
National
19
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bellville and the region
Centroid at 40.6021, -82.5572 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bellville scores 2.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Bellville
3.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.0
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
5.8% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$685 rent vs county FMR
2.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bellville
7.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bellville
6.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bellville
6.3
How Bellville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 27
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 17%Socioeconomic
- 35%Household composition
- 1%Racial/ethnic minority
- 64%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)
- 86Total filings over 11 yrs
- 2.13%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.8%Peak (2016)
- 9Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 8.7%Housing insecurity
- 6.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.3%Food insecurity
- 8.2%SNAP enrollment
- 6.1%Transit barriers
- 7.1%No health insurance
- 17.4%Frequent mental distress
- 28.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bellville
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at $1/10. 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 Bellville, 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 in line with the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 86 eviction filings here over 11 tracked years, with about 2.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 2.8% of renter households in 2016.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 39139003001
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39139003001?
Census tract 39139003001 in Bellville scores 2.4/10 (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 39139003001?
Median gross rent is $685/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39139003001?
5.8% of residents in tract 39139003001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,199.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39139003001?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 27th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 17th, household 35th, minority 1th, housing 64th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39139003001?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 86 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 39139003001 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.13% of renter households, peaking at 2.8% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 39139003001 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.7% 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 39139003001 compare to Bellville overall?
Tract 39139003001 scores 2.4/10, right in line with the parent city of Bellville at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bellville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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