Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally
Wooster Public Square Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 39169000100 · Wayne County, OH · pop 3,702 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Census tract 39169000100 covers part of the Wooster Public Square Historic District area of Wooster, OH, and scores 4.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,702 residents. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 2.1/10.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 42%
Owners 45%
Tract context
Occupied units1,460
Renter share55.1%
SVI overall0.30
Poverty rate12.3%
Median income$55,909
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
86
th percentile
High
Within county
90
th percentile
Very High
Within state
64
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wooster and the region
Centroid at 40.8058, -81.9299 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wooster Public Square Historic District scores 4.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Wooster
3.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.1
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
12.3% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$679 rent vs county FMR
2.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wooster
4.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wooster
7.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wooster
4.8
How Wooster Public Square Historic District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 30
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 59%Socioeconomic
- 7%Household composition
- 28%Racial/ethnic minority
- 31%Housing & transportation
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)
- 744Total filings over 12 yrs
- 7.25%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.3%Peak (2015)
- 68Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 28% over the past 12 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Wooster Public Square 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.
- 12.2%Housing insecurity
- 9.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.4%Food insecurity
- 12.9%SNAP enrollment
- 9.0%Transit barriers
- 8.4%No health insurance
- 20.3%Frequent mental distress
- 29.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wooster Public Square Historic District
Average gross rent is $679, 26% below the Wooster average. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.7/10.
The severe-burden share is 15%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.4/10. It sits 1.0 points above the Wayne County average of 3.6.
23% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Wayne County average of 28.0%. The filing record is not thin: 744 evictions over 12 years of observation.
Filings peaked in 2015 at 9.3% of renter households. In a typical year about 7.2% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #39,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 3.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 15% of average household income of $55,909, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 39169000100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39169000100?
Census tract 39169000100 in the Wooster Public Square Historic District neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (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 39169000100?
Median gross rent is $679/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 23% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39169000100?
12.3% of residents in tract 39169000100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,702.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39169000100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 30th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 59th, household 7th, minority 28th, housing 31th.
Q5
Is tract 39169000100 considered part of Wooster Public Square Historic District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39169000100 fall within Wooster Public Square Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39169000100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 744 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39169000100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.25% of renter households, peaking at 9.3% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 39169000100 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.2% 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. 9.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 39169000100 compare to Wooster overall?
Tract 39169000100 scores 4.6/10, higher than the parent city of Wooster at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wooster eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Wooster
Top eight tracts in Wooster ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · OH
39169000600
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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39169000500
4.1
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · OH
39169000700
3.9
/ 10 · Low
Tract · OH
39169000800
3.6
/ 10 · Low
Tract · OH
Wooster Public Square Historic District
3.4
/ 10 · Low
Tract · OH
39169000300
3.3
/ 10 · Low
Tract · OH
Wooster Public Square Historic District
3
/ 10 · Low
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