Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Smithville Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 39169000900 · Wayne County, OH · pop 4,210 · 21% of tract blocks fall in Smithville
Tract 39169000900 covers Smithville in Ohio. Home to 4,210 residents, it scores 4.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 17th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
29% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $993 monthly, set against $74,206 in average yearly household income, roughly 16% of income at the averages. About 18% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units1,672
Renter share17.9%
SVI overall0.11
Poverty rate6.3%
Median income$74,206
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
7
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
26
th percentile
Low
National
21
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Smithville and the region
Centroid at 40.8643, -81.8315 · click any tract to drill in
Why Smithville scores 2.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Smithville
3.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.1
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
6.3% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$993 rent vs county FMR
5.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Smithville
5.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Smithville
6.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Smithville
4.5
How Smithville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 11
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 23%Socioeconomic
- 15%Household composition
- 1%Racial/ethnic minority
- 18%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)
- 120Total filings over 12 yrs
- 3.00%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.5%Peak (2015)
- 14Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 367% 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.
- 8.2%Housing insecurity
- 6.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.8%Food insecurity
- 7.6%SNAP enrollment
- 5.8%Transit barriers
- 6.3%No health insurance
- 16.6%Frequent mental distress
- 27.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Smithville
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 6.2/10. 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 Smithville, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Wayne County average of 4.1 and below the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 120 eviction filings here over 12 tracked years, with about 3.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.5% of renter households in 2015.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 39169000900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39169000900?
Census tract 39169000900 in Smithville scores 2.5/10 (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 39169000900?
Median gross rent is $993/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39169000900?
6.3% of residents in tract 39169000900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,210.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39169000900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 11th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 23th, household 15th, minority 1th, housing 18th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39169000900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 120 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39169000900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.00% of renter households, peaking at 4.5% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 39169000900 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.2% 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. 6.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 39169000900 compare to Smithville overall?
Tract 39169000900 scores 2.5/10, higher than the parent city of Smithville at 2.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Smithville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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