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Fourth Street Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Massillon

Tract 39151714200 · Stark County, OH · pop 2,233 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

Census tract 39151714200 covers part of the Fourth Street Historic District area of Massillon, OH, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,233. Severe burden reaches 43%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 35% Stable renters 19% Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units896
Renter share54.2%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate49.8%
Median income$27,917

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 7 tracts In Fourth Street Historic District
Very High
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 14 tracts In Massillon
Very High
Within county
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#22 of 90 tracts In Stark County
High
Within state
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#554 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Massillon and the region

Centroid at 40.7842, -81.5149 · click any tract to drill in

Why Fourth Street Historic District scores 5.4

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
49.8% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,023 rent vs county FMR
5.5
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 / state5.4This tracttract 7142004.0Massillonparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 88

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)

  • 663Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 8.16%Avg annual filing rate
  • 11.4%Peak (2011)
  • 34Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2003 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 39151714200
Filings climbed 55% 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

roughly two in three of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Stark County average of 38.2%. The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10. SNAP participation runs 47.3% against 15.2% nationally.

The poverty rate is 50%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Food insecurity runs 40.9% against 17.8% nationally.

Set annual rent against average income of $27,917 and the ratio lands at 44%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.4/10.

Against the Stark County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.4/10.

Average gross rent is $1,023, 19% above the Massillon average. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 663 filings here across 15 tracked years.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 39151714200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39151714200?

Census tract 39151714200 in the Fourth Street Historic District neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (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 39151714200?

Median gross rent is $1,023/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39151714200?

49.8% of residents in tract 39151714200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,233.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39151714200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 92th, minority 65th, housing 66th.
Q5

Is tract 39151714200 considered part of Fourth Street Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39151714200 fall within Fourth Street Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39151714200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 663 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 39151714200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.16% of renter households, peaking at 11.4% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 39151714200 struggle to pay rent?

About 28.9% 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. 26.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 39151714200 compare to Massillon overall?

Tract 39151714200 scores 5.4/10, 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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