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Neighborhood · Ranked #34,278 of 84,120 nationally

Fourth Street Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Massillon

Tract 39151713900 · Stark County, OH · pop 1,985 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Tract 39151713900 sits in the Fourth Street Historic District area of Massillon eviction risk, OH, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.9/10. It is home to 1,985 residents. 24% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Stark County average of 38.2%.

Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9% Stable renters 29% Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units876
Renter share37.7%
SVI overall0.46
Poverty rate16.1%
Median income$50,000

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#2 of 7 tracts In Fourth Street Historic District
High
Within parent city
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 14 tracts In Massillon
High
Within county
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#26 of 90 tracts In Stark County
Elevated
Within state
69 th percentile
Rank, 69th percentileLowHigh
#980 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Massillon and the region

Centroid at 40.8042, -81.5357 · click any tract to drill in

Why Fourth Street Historic District scores 4.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
16.1% poverty · this tract
4.0
Supply constraint
$919 rent vs county FMR
4.4
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 Fourth Street Historic District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Fourth Street Historic District risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.9This tracttract 7139004.0Massillonparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 46

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

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)

  • 243Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 4.97%Avg annual filing rate
  • 7.5%Peak (2015)
  • 16Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2003 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 39151713900
Filings climbed 129% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Fourth Street Historic 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 Fourth Street Historic District

The main counterweight is state political climate at 2.4/10. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.4/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.4/10. Court records carry 243 eviction filings across 15 observed years. The severe-burden share is 9%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Against the Stark County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.8 points. Filings peaked in 2015 at 7.5% of renter households.

In a typical year about 5.0% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #34,278 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Average gross rent is $919, close to the Massillon average. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $50,000.

38% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 39151713900

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39151713900?

Census tract 39151713900 in the Fourth Street Historic District neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (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 39151713900?

Median gross rent is $919/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 24% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39151713900?

16.1% of residents in tract 39151713900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,985.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39151713900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 46th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 54th, household 63th, minority 18th, housing 35th.
Q5

Is tract 39151713900 considered part of Fourth Street Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39151713900 fall within Fourth Street Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39151713900?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 243 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 39151713900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.97% of renter households, peaking at 7.5% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 39151713900 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.6% 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. 9.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 39151713900 compare to Massillon overall?

Tract 39151713900 scores 4.9/10, higher than the parent city of Massillon at 4/10. 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Massillon

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

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