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Neighborhood · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally

May-Penn Eviction Risk: Moderate , Oklahoma City

Tract 40109105904 · Oklahoma County, OK · pop 3,688 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

Census tract 40109105904 covers part of the May-Penn area of Oklahoma City, OK, and scores 4.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,688 residents. Severe burden reaches 33%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 26% Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units1,597
Renter share54.2%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate23.2%
Median income$51,938

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 4 tracts In May-Penn
Very High
Within parent city
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#35 of 217 tracts In Oklahoma City
High
Within county
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#64 of 266 tracts In Oklahoma County
High
Within state
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#100 of 1,205 tracts In Oklahoma
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Oklahoma City and the region

Centroid at 35.5036, -97.5749 · click any tract to drill in

Why May-Penn scores 4.8

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
23.2% poverty · this tract
5.8
Supply constraint
$986 rent vs county FMR
3.4
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 May-Penn compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
May-Penn risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.8This tracttract 1059043.4Oklahoma Cityparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county3.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 90

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 May-Penn. 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 May-Penn

The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

Against Oklahoma County at 41.7%, 52% of renters here are cost-burdened. SNAP participation runs 28.6% against 15.2% nationally. Well under the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 2/10.

The poverty rate is 23%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Housing insecurity runs 24.7% against 14.2% nationally.

It sits 1.0 points above the Oklahoma County average of 3.8. Average gross rent is $986, 13% below the Oklahoma City average. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Oklahoma City. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

On the national scale it lands near the 58th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 9.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 40109105904

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 40109105904?

Census tract 40109105904 in the May-Penn neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (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 40109105904?

Median gross rent is $986/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 40109105904?

23.2% of residents in tract 40109105904 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,688.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 40109105904?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 93th, minority 71th, housing 54th.
Q5

Is tract 40109105904 considered part of May-Penn?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 40109105904 fall within May-Penn (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 40109105904 struggle to pay rent?

About 24.7% 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. 18.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 40109105904 compare to Oklahoma City overall?

Tract 40109105904 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of Oklahoma City at 3.4/10. 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 40109105904 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. 0% 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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