Within neighborhood
33
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally
May-Penn Eviction Risk: Lower , Oklahoma City
Tract 40109106502 · Oklahoma County, OK · pop 4,457 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Census tract 40109106502 covers part of the May-Penn area of Oklahoma City, OK, and scores 3.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,457 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units1,855
Renter share48.7%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate16.7%
Median income$68,482
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
53
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
52
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
55
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Oklahoma City and the region
Centroid at 35.5180, -97.5569 · click any tract to drill in
Why May-Penn scores 3.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
16.7% poverty · this tract
4.2
Supply constraint
$1,003 rent vs county FMR
3.5
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 73
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 80%Socioeconomic
- 71%Household composition
- 63%Racial/ethnic minority
- 48%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 12%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
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.
- 12.4%Housing insecurity
- 8.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.4%Food insecurity
- 11.0%SNAP enrollment
- 7.9%Transit barriers
- 9.9%No health insurance
- 16.1%Frequent mental distress
- 33.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in May-Penn
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Severe burden reaches 21%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
On the softer side, housing-court posture reads 2/10. Average gross rent is $1,003, 11% below the Oklahoma City average. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.
On the national scale it lands near the 35th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.6/10.
Rent consumes only 18% of average household income of $68,482, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.
Rent takes 30% or more of income for 40% of renters. It tracks the Oklahoma County average of 3.8 closely.
49% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 40109106502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 40109106502?
Census tract 40109106502 in the May-Penn neighborhood scores 3.7/10 (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 40109106502?
Median gross rent is $1,003/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 40109106502?
16.7% of residents in tract 40109106502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,457.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 40109106502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 71th, minority 63th, housing 48th.
Q5
Is tract 40109106502 considered part of May-Penn?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 40109106502 fall within May-Penn (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 40109106502 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.4% 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. 8.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 40109106502 compare to Oklahoma City overall?
Tract 40109106502 scores 3.7/10, 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 40109106502 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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