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Neighborhood · Ranked #8,912 of 84,120 nationally

Main Street Historic District Eviction Risk: Elevated , Bowling Green

Tract 39173021701 · Wood County, OH · pop 3,887 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

How risky is the Main Street Historic District neighborhood of Bowling Green for landlords? Census tract 39173021701 scores 6.3/10, the Elevated tier. On the national scale it ranks #15,106 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

About 69% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 51% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $868 a month while the average household earns $26,613 a year, roughly 39% of income at the averages. Renters make up 79% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
6.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 55% Stable renters 24% Owners 21%
Tract context
Occupied units1,788
Renter share78.7%
SVI overall0.27
Poverty rate48.3%
Median income$26,613

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Main Street Historic District
Moderate
Within parent city
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 8 tracts In Bowling Green
High
Within county
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 31 tracts In Wood County
Very High
Within state
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Bowling Green and the region

Centroid at 41.3802, -83.6493 · click any tract to drill in

Why Main Street Historic District scores 6.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Bowling Green
5.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.6
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
48.3% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$868 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bowling Green
7.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bowling Green
9.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bowling Green
8.3

How Main Street Historic District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Main Street Historic District risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.36.3This tracttract 021701Bowling Green: 2.72.7Bowling Greenparent cityCounty: 3.43.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 27

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)

  • 26Total filings over 2 yrs
  • 0.93%Avg annual filing rate
  • 0.9%Peak (2016)
  • 14Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
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 Main Street Historic District

The heaviest input here is economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Bowling Green eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores well above the Wood County average of 4.6 and above the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 26 eviction filings here over 2 tracked years, with about 0.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 0.9% of renter households in 2016.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 27th 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.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 39173021701

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39173021701?

Census tract 39173021701 in the Main Street Historic District neighborhood scores 6.3/10 (Elevated 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 39173021701?

Median gross rent is $868/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 69% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39173021701?

48.3% of residents in tract 39173021701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,887.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39173021701?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 27th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 0th, minority 29th, housing 39th.
Q5

Is tract 39173021701 considered part of Main Street Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39173021701 fall within Main Street Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39173021701?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 26 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 39173021701 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.93% of renter households, peaking at 0.9% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 39173021701 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.4% 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. 12.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 39173021701 compare to Bowling Green overall?

Tract 39173021701 scores 6.3/10, higher than the parent city of Bowling Green at 2.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bowling Green eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Bowling Green

Top eight tracts in Bowling Green ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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