Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #76,223 of 84,120 nationally
Milford Center Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 39159050702 · Union County, OH · pop 2,981 · 8% of tract blocks fall in Milford Center
Census tract 39159050702 belongs to Milford Center, Ohio. It is home to 2,981 residents and scores 3.2/10, a lower reading for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 3% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
14% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 1% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,018 a month against an average household income of $92,569 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. Renters make up 16% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units1,074
Renter share16.3%
SVI overall0.29
Poverty rate2.3%
Median income$92,569
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
42
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
11
th percentile
Very Low
National
9
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milford Center and the region
Centroid at 40.1619, -83.4277 · click any tract to drill in
Why Milford Center scores 1.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Milford Center
4.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.4
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
2.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,018 rent vs county FMR
2.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Milford Center
2.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Milford Center
3.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Milford Center
2.2
How Milford Center compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 29
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 19%Socioeconomic
- 51%Household composition
- 21%Racial/ethnic minority
- 45%Housing & transportation
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.
- 7.9%Housing insecurity
- 5.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.8%Food insecurity
- 6.5%SNAP enrollment
- 5.4%Transit barriers
- 6.2%No health insurance
- 16.2%Frequent mental distress
- 25.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Milford Center
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 3.6/10. 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 Milford Center, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Union County average of 4.2 and below the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 29th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.9% 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.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 39159050702
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39159050702?
Census tract 39159050702 in Milford Center scores 1.8/10 (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 39159050702?
Median gross rent is $1,018/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 14% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39159050702?
2.3% of residents in tract 39159050702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,981.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39159050702?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 29th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 19th, household 51th, minority 21th, housing 45th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 39159050702 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.9% 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. 5.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 39159050702 compare to Milford Center overall?
Tract 39159050702 scores 1.8/10, right in line with the parent city of Milford Center at 2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Milford Center; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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