Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally
Colonial Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Canton
Tract 39151700400 · Stark County, OH · pop 5,219 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
39151700400 is a census tract in the Colonial Heights area of Canton, OH. It scores 5.2/10 for landlords. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.3/10.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units2,117
Renter share35.6%
SVI overall0.63
Poverty rate15.2%
Median income$55,638
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
32
th percentile
Low
Within county
75
th percentile
High
Within state
73
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Canton and the region
Centroid at 40.8233, -81.3591 · click any tract to drill in
Why Colonial Heights scores 5.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Canton
4.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.1
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
15.2% poverty · this tract
3.8
Supply constraint
$903 rent vs county FMR
4.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Canton
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Canton
9.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Canton
7.7
How Colonial Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 63
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 68%Socioeconomic
- 81%Household composition
- 56%Racial/ethnic minority
- 29%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 19%Grade A
- 45%Grade B
- 31%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 1,206Total filings over 15 yrs
- 9.68%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.3%Peak (2013)
- 82Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 15 months.
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.
- 15.2%Housing insecurity
- 11.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.6%Food insecurity
- 17.1%SNAP enrollment
- 10.0%Transit barriers
- 9.0%No health insurance
- 19.6%Frequent mental distress
- 32.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Colonial Heights
The severe-burden share is 21%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 2/10. On the high side, housing-court posture reads 7.7/10.
Against Stark County at 38.2%, roughly one in three of renters here are cost-burdened. It sits 1.1 points above the Stark County average of 4.1. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,206 filings here across 15 tracked years.
Filings peaked in 2013 at 12.3% of renter households. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Canton. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 9.7% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 65% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 6.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the OH average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 39151700400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39151700400?
Census tract 39151700400 in the Colonial Heights neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 39151700400?
Median gross rent is $903/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39151700400?
15.2% of residents in tract 39151700400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,219.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39151700400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 68th, household 81th, minority 56th, housing 29th.
Q5
Is tract 39151700400 considered part of Colonial Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39151700400 fall within Colonial Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39151700400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,206 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 39151700400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.68% of renter households, peaking at 12.3% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 39151700400 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.2% 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. 11.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 39151700400 compare to Canton overall?
Tract 39151700400 scores 5.2/10, higher than the parent city of Canton at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Canton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 39151700400 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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