Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #56,660 of 84,120 nationally
Massillon Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 39151711402 · Stark County, OH · pop 6,131 · 4% of tract blocks fall in Massillon
In Massillon, census tract 39151711402 scores 4.9/10 for eviction risk. It lands near the 34th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 34% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 7% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $853 monthly, set against $71,429 in average yearly household income, roughly 14% of income at the averages. About 36% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units2,856
Renter share36.4%
SVI overall0.14
Poverty rate4.8%
Median income$71,429
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
39
th percentile
Low
Within state
41
th percentile
Moderate
National
33
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Massillon and the region
Centroid at 40.8387, -81.4788 · click any tract to drill in
Why Massillon scores 3.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Massillon
4.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.1
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
4.8% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$853 rent vs county FMR
3.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Massillon
5.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Massillon
7.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Massillon
6.1
How Massillon compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 14
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 12%Socioeconomic
- 25%Household composition
- 15%Racial/ethnic minority
- 33%Housing & transportation
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)
- 464Total filings over 15 yrs
- 3.38%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.8%Peak (2018)
- 40Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 18% over the past 15 months.
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.
- 7.6%Housing insecurity
- 5.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.6%Food insecurity
- 6.5%SNAP enrollment
- 5.3%Transit barriers
- 5.7%No health insurance
- 15.5%Frequent mental distress
- 26.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Massillon
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 7.4/10. 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 Massillon 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 in line with the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 464 eviction filings here over 15 tracked years, with about 3.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.8% of renter households in 2018.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 39151711402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39151711402?
Census tract 39151711402 in Massillon scores 3.1/10 (Lower 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 39151711402?
Median gross rent is $853/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39151711402?
4.8% of residents in tract 39151711402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,131.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39151711402?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 12th, household 25th, minority 15th, housing 33th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39151711402?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 464 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 39151711402 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.38% of renter households, peaking at 4.8% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 39151711402 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.6% 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. 5.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 39151711402 compare to Massillon overall?
Tract 39151711402 scores 3.1/10, higher than the parent city of Massillon at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Massillon eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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Highest-risk tracts in Massillon
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/ 10 · Moderate
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3.9
/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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