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Census Tract · Ranked #47,371 of 84,120 nationally

Wooster Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 39169000500 · Wayne County, OH · pop 4,419 · 44% of tract blocks fall in Wooster

39169000500 is a census tract in Wooster, OH. It scores 4.1/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,419. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 2.2/10.

Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11% Stable renters 30% Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units1,340
Renter share40.7%
SVI overall0.55
Poverty rate8.9%
Median income$62,031

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#3 of 8 tracts In Wooster
Elevated
Within county
81 th percentile
Rank, 81st percentileLowHigh
#7 of 32 tracts In Wayne County
High
Within state
55 th percentile
Rank, 55th percentileLowHigh
#1,437 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Moderate
National
44 th percentile
Rank, 44th percentileLowHigh
#47,371 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Wooster and the region

Centroid at 40.7801, -81.9196 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wooster scores 4.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
8.9% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$871 rent vs county FMR
4.2
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 compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Wooster risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.1This tracttract 0005003.8Woosterparent city3.6Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 55

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)

  • 494Total filings over 12 yrs
  • 5.37%Avg annual filing rate
  • 7.6%Peak (2005)
  • 40Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 39169000500
Filings climbed 48% over the past 12 months.
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Wooster

On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.7/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.4/10. 11% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Court records carry 494 eviction filings across 12 observed years. Filings peaked in 2005 at 7.6% of renter households.

In a typical year about 5.4% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 44% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $62,031, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. 27% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.

It tracks the Wayne County average of 3.6 closely.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 39169000500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39169000500?

Census tract 39169000500 in Wooster scores 4.1/10 (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 39169000500?

Median gross rent is $871/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39169000500?

8.9% of residents in tract 39169000500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,419.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39169000500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 52th, household 39th, minority 23th, housing 77th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39169000500?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 494 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39169000500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.37% of renter households, peaking at 7.6% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 39169000500 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.4% 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. 8.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 39169000500 compare to Wooster overall?

Tract 39169000500 scores 4.1/10, 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.

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