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Neighborhood · Ranked #18,240 of 84,120 nationally

Downtown Canton Arts District Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 39151701500 · Stark County, OH · pop 2,469 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 39151701500 (the Downtown Canton Arts District area of Canton, Ohio) comes in at 6.3/10, the Elevated tier. On the national scale it ranks #15,104 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 39% of renter households, a high level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $853 monthly, set against $45,656 in average yearly household income, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 78% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30% Stable renters 48% Owners 22%
Tract context
Occupied units1,129
Renter share78.0%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate38.8%
Median income$45,656

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Downtown Canton Arts District
Very Low
Within parent city
52 th percentile
Rank, 52nd percentileLowHigh
#13 of 26 tracts In Canton
Moderate
Within county
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#14 of 90 tracts In Stark County
High
Within state
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#424 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Canton and the region

Centroid at 40.7944, -81.3882 · click any tract to drill in

Why Downtown Canton Arts District scores 5.5

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
38.8% poverty · this tract
9.7
Supply constraint
$853 rent vs county FMR
3.7
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 Downtown Canton Arts District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Downtown Canton Arts District risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.55.5This tracttract 701500Canton: 2.82.8Cantonparent cityCounty: 3.63.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 91

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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)

  • 1,567Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 13.16%Avg annual filing rate
  • 16.6%Peak (2009)
  • 96Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2003 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 391517015002003: 103 filings (12.95/100 renter HHs)2004: 107 filings (13.45/100 renter HHs)2005: 105 filings (13.38/100 renter HHs)2006: 119 filings (15.17/100 renter HHs)2008: 119 filings (15.17/100 renter HHs)2009: 130 filings (16.57/100 renter HHs)2010: 101 filings (13.72/100 renter HHs)2011: 86 filings (11.04/100 renter HHs)2012: 90 filings (11.55/100 renter HHs)2013: 117 filings (15.02/100 renter HHs)2014: 79 filings (10.14/100 renter HHs)2015: 97 filings (12.45/100 renter HHs)2016: 117 filings (13.68/100 renter HHs)2017: 101 filings (11.81/100 renter HHs)2018: 96 filings (11.23/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Downtown Canton Arts District. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Downtown Canton Arts District

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 9.7/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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 above 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 26.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 23.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 91st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 39151701500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39151701500?

Census tract 39151701500 in the Downtown Canton Arts District neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (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 39151701500?

Median gross rent is $853/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39151701500?

38.8% of residents in tract 39151701500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,469.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39151701500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 85th, minority 60th, housing 68th.
Q5

Is tract 39151701500 considered part of Downtown Canton Arts District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39151701500 fall within Downtown Canton Arts District (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39151701500?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,567 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 39151701500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.16% of renter households, peaking at 16.6% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 39151701500 struggle to pay rent?

About 26.8% 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. 23.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 39151701500 compare to Canton overall?

Tract 39151701500 scores 5.5/10, 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 39151701500 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 12% 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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