Fourth Street Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Massillon

26% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The main counterweight is state political climate at 2.4/10.

On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.4/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.4/10.

The filing record is not thin: 368 evictions over 15 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2006 at 7.8% of renter households.

In a typical year about 5.6% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #42,813 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

At 24% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Rent consumes only 15% of average household income of $65,829, an unusually wide affordability cushion.

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