Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
West Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Canton
Tract 39151701000 · Stark County, OH · pop 2,861 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Census tract 39151701000 covers part of the West Park area of Canton, OH, and scores 5.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,861. Severe burden reaches 41%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 34%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units1,348
Renter share52.4%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate36.6%
Median income$28,712
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
80
th percentile
High
Within county
90
th percentile
High
Within state
91
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Canton and the region
Centroid at 40.8053, -81.3977 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Park scores 5.8
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
36.6% poverty · this tract
9.2
Supply constraint
$931 rent vs county FMR
4.5
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 West Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 73
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 83%Socioeconomic
- 77%Household composition
- 50%Racial/ethnic minority
- 41%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.
- 0%Grade A
- 46%Grade B
- 15%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)
- 1,129Total filings over 15 yrs
- 11.80%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.6%Peak (2008)
- 62Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 19% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within West Park. 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.
- 22.6%Housing insecurity
- 18.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 30.9%Food insecurity
- 32.5%SNAP enrollment
- 16.1%Transit barriers
- 13.6%No health insurance
- 24.1%Frequent mental distress
- 40.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West Park
Against Stark County at 38.2%, 65% of renters here are cost-burdened. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.3/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, economic stress reads 9.2/10. The poverty rate is 37%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Set annual rent against average income of $28,712 and the ratio lands at 39%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. SNAP participation runs 32.5% against 15.2% nationally.
Against the Stark County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.7 points. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2/10.
Court records carry 1,129 eviction filings across 15 observed years. Housing insecurity runs 22.6% against 14.2% nationally. Average gross rent is $931, 10% above the Canton average.
The worst year on record was 2008, when 15.6% of renter households were served. 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 11.8% of renter households face a filing.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 39151701000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39151701000?
Census tract 39151701000 in the West Park neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (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 39151701000?
Median gross rent is $931/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39151701000?
36.6% of residents in tract 39151701000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,861.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39151701000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 77th, minority 50th, housing 41th.
Q5
Is tract 39151701000 considered part of West Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39151701000 fall within West Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39151701000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,129 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 39151701000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.80% of renter households, peaking at 15.6% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 39151701000 struggle to pay rent?
About 22.6% 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. 18.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 39151701000 compare to Canton overall?
Tract 39151701000 scores 5.8/10, 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 39151701000 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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