Census Tract · Ranked #35,899 of 84,120 nationally

Fostoria Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 39147962800 · Seneca County, OH · pop 3,521 · 75% of tract blocks fall in Fostoria

Eviction risk in Fostoria centers on tract 39147962800, which scores 4.6/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 3,521 residents. That is riskier than roughly 25% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

26% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $744 monthly, set against $58,142 in average yearly household income, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 20% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

4.3

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 5% Stable renters 14% Owners 81%

Tract context

Occupied units1,459

Renter share19.5%

SVI overall0.31

Poverty rate17.3%

Median income$58,142

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Fostoria and the region

Centroid at 41.1793, -83.4001 · click any tract to drill in

Why Fostoria scores 4.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Fostoria

4.0

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

3.3

State political climate

Ohio legislature & governorship

2.4

Economic stress

17.3% poverty · this tract

4.3

Supply constraint

$744 rent vs county FMR

3.1

Rent control risk

Inherited from Fostoria

4.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.7

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Fostoria

7.1

Housing court bias

Inherited from Fostoria

5.9

How Fostoria compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 31

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

37%Socioeconomic
44%Household composition
41%Racial/ethnic minority
23%Housing & transportation

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.

13.4%Housing insecurity
9.3%Utility-shutoff threat
17.1%Food insecurity
14.1%SNAP enrollment
8.9%Transit barriers
11.0%No health insurance
19.0%Frequent mental distress
32.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Fostoria

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 7.1/10. 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 Fostoria, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Seneca County average of 4.5 and below the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 31st 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 13.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.3% 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 39147962800

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39147962800?

Census tract 39147962800 in Fostoria scores 4.3/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 39147962800?

Median gross rent is $744/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 39147962800?

17.3% of residents in tract 39147962800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,521.

How socially vulnerable is tract 39147962800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 37th, household 44th, minority 41th, housing 23th.

What share of households in tract 39147962800 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.4% 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. 9.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 39147962800 compare to Fostoria overall?

Tract 39147962800 scores 4.3/10, higher than the parent city of Fostoria at 2.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fostoria; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Fostoria

Top eight tracts in Fostoria ranked by composite eviction-risk score.