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Wheeler District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Oklahoma City

Tract 40109104300 · Oklahoma County, OK · pop 2,722 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

Tract 40109104300, home to 2,722 residents in the Wheeler District neighborhood of Oklahoma City, scores $1/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 12% of US census tracts.

37% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $859 a month while the average household earns $56,027 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 54% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20% Stable renters 34% Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units1,021
Renter share54.2%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate21.4%
Median income$56,027

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#8 of 8 tracts In Wheeler District
Very Low
Within parent city
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#72 of 217 tracts In Oklahoma City
Elevated
Within county
65 th percentile
Rank, 65th percentileLowHigh
#93 of 266 tracts In Oklahoma County
Elevated
Within state
65 th percentile
Rank, 65th percentileLowHigh
#428 of 1,205 tracts In Oklahoma
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Oklahoma City and the region

Centroid at 35.4386, -97.5526 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wheeler District scores 4.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Oklahoma City
3.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.9
State political climate
Oklahoma legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
21.4% poverty · this tract
5.3
Supply constraint
$859 rent vs county FMR
2.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Oklahoma City
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Oklahoma City
2.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Oklahoma City
2.0

How Wheeler District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Wheeler District risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.44.4This tracttract 104300Oklahoma City: 2.22.2Oklahoma Cityparent cityCounty: 3.73.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 80

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Wheeler 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Wheeler District

The heaviest input here is economic stress at 5.3/10. 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 Oklahoma City eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Oklahoma County average of 4.1 and in line with the Oklahoma statewide average of 4.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 31.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 20.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 80th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 40109104300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 40109104300?

Census tract 40109104300 in the Wheeler District neighborhood scores 4.4/10 (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 40109104300?

Median gross rent is $859/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 40109104300?

21.4% of residents in tract 40109104300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,722.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 40109104300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 87th, minority 81th, housing 29th.
Q5

Is tract 40109104300 considered part of Wheeler District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 40109104300 fall within Wheeler District (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 40109104300 struggle to pay rent?

About 31.8% 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. 20.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 40109104300 compare to Oklahoma City overall?

Tract 40109104300 scores 4.4/10, higher than the parent city of Oklahoma City at 2.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Oklahoma City eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 40109104300 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 1% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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