Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #63,481 of 84,120 nationally
Butler Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 39139003002 · Richland County, OH · pop 3,541 · 29% of tract blocks fall in Butler
How risky is Butler for landlords? Census tract 39139003002 scores 4.5/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 22% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 32% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $927 monthly, set against $68,594 in average yearly household income, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 25% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units1,393
Renter share25.3%
SVI overall0.25
Poverty rate6.7%
Median income$68,594
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
14
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
31
th percentile
Low
National
25
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Butler and the region
Centroid at 40.5920, -82.4215 · click any tract to drill in
Why Butler scores 2.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Butler
3.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.0
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
6.7% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$927 rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Butler
2.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Butler
6.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Butler
2.9
How Butler compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 25
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 33%Socioeconomic
- 27%Household composition
- 2%Racial/ethnic minority
- 37%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)
- 71Total filings over 11 yrs
- 3.03%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.5%Peak (2012)
- 10Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 67% 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.
- 9.6%Housing insecurity
- 6.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.8%Food insecurity
- 9.8%SNAP enrollment
- 6.7%Transit barriers
- 7.8%No health insurance
- 18.0%Frequent mental distress
- 29.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Butler
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 6.4/10. 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 Butler, 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 9.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 25th 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 39139003002
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39139003002?
Census tract 39139003002 in Butler scores 2.7/10 (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 39139003002?
Median gross rent is $927/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39139003002?
6.7% of residents in tract 39139003002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,541.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39139003002?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 25th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 33th, household 27th, minority 2th, housing 37th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39139003002?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 71 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 39139003002 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.03% of renter households, peaking at 4.5% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 39139003002 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.6% 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. 6.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 39139003002 compare to Butler overall?
Tract 39139003002 scores 2.7/10, higher than the parent city of Butler at 2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Butler; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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