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Neighborhood · Ranked #34,332 of 84,120 nationally

Colonial Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Canton

Tract 39151700400 · Stark County, OH · pop 5,219 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Census tract 39151700400 covers the Colonial Heights area of Canton, home to 5,219 residents. For landlords it grades 5.4/10, a moderate reading. That is riskier than roughly 52% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 32% of renter households, a high level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $903 a month against an average household income of $55,638 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 36% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
4.4
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 neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Colonial Heights
Moderate
Within parent city
32 th percentile
Rank, 32nd percentileLowHigh
#18 of 26 tracts In Canton
Low
Within county
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#23 of 90 tracts In Stark County
High
Within state
68 th percentile
Rank, 68th percentileLowHigh
#1,022 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
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 4.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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.
Colonial Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.44.4This tracttract 700400Canton: 2.82.8Cantonparent cityCounty: 3.63.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 63

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

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.

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 by year 2003 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 391517004002003: 78 filings (11.10/100 renter HHs)2004: 58 filings (8.25/100 renter HHs)2005: 52 filings (6.06/100 renter HHs)2006: 55 filings (6.41/100 renter HHs)2008: 84 filings (9.79/100 renter HHs)2009: 66 filings (7.69/100 renter HHs)2010: 90 filings (11.46/100 renter HHs)2011: 90 filings (10.27/100 renter HHs)2012: 89 filings (10.16/100 renter HHs)2013: 108 filings (12.33/100 renter HHs)2014: 99 filings (11.30/100 renter HHs)2015: 84 filings (9.59/100 renter HHs)2016: 71 filings (8.65/100 renter HHs)2017: 100 filings (12.18/100 renter HHs)2018: 82 filings (9.99/100 renter HHs)
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Colonial Heights

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.3/10. 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 Canton eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Stark County average of 5.2 and above the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 15.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 11.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 63rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

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 4.4/10 (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 4.4/10, higher than the parent city of Canton at 2.8/10. 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Canton

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

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