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Fourth Street Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Massillon

Tract 39151714100 · Stark County, OH · pop 3,151 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

Census tract 39151714100 covers part of the Fourth Street Historic District area of Massillon, OH, and scores 4.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,151. Cost burden runs 50% here against 38.2% across Stark County.

Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 18% Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units1,320
Renter share36.1%
SVI overall0.54
Poverty rate11.1%
Median income$57,375

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#5 of 7 tracts In Fourth Street Historic District
Low
Within parent city
69 th percentile
Rank, 69th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 14 tracts In Massillon
Elevated
Within county
64 th percentile
Rank, 64th percentileLowHigh
#33 of 90 tracts In Stark County
Elevated
Within state
59 th percentile
Rank, 59th percentileLowHigh
#1,311 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Massillon and the region

Centroid at 40.7836, -81.5345 · click any tract to drill in

Why Fourth Street Historic District scores 4.3

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
11.1% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$956 rent vs county FMR
4.8
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 / state4.3This tracttract 7141004.0Massillonparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 54

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)

  • 359Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 5.89%Avg annual filing rate
  • 7.9%Peak (2011)
  • 31Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2003 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 39151714100
Filings climbed 138% 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

22% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The clearest offset 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.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 359 filings here across 15 tracked years. At $956 a month, rents run 11% over what the rest of Massillon commands. Filings peaked in 2011 at 7.9% of renter households.

In a typical year about 5.9% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 47th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.8/10.

It tracks the Stark County average of 4.1 closely. Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $57,375.

36% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 39151714100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39151714100?

Census tract 39151714100 in the Fourth Street Historic District neighborhood scores 4.3/10 (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 39151714100?

Median gross rent is $956/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39151714100?

11.1% of residents in tract 39151714100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,151.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39151714100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 54th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 58th, household 45th, minority 21th, housing 61th.
Q5

Is tract 39151714100 considered part of Fourth Street Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39151714100 fall within Fourth Street Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39151714100?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 359 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 39151714100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.89% of renter households, peaking at 7.9% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 39151714100 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.5% 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. 11.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 39151714100 compare to Massillon overall?

Tract 39151714100 scores 4.3/10, 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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