Dayton Ohio Evictions
Data provided by:
Katherine
Rowell @Sinclair Community
College
Analysis by:
Tim
Thomas,
Hannah
Moore,
Amit
Cohen, &
Julia
Greenberg @U.C. Berkeley’s Urban
Displacement Project
July 06, 2022
Evictions have long-term impacts on a households’ future housing, health, and economic outcomes. Despite local, state, and federal moratoriums, over 4,000 renters had evictions on file in Dayton, Ohio during the pandemic. Eviction filing rates among Black and Latinx renters were consistently higher than eviction rates among White renters throughout the study period. The map above shows that eviction hot-spots are located on the west and east side of Dayton both before and during the pandemic.
In collaboration with Sinclair Community College, UC Berkeley’s Evictions Study and Urban Displacement Project analyzed eviction filings in the Dayton metro area from 2015 to 2022. An eviction filing marks the point at which formal eviction proceedings have begun. Depending on the situation, households may leave anytime prior to a notice to after an eviction lawsuit.
In this analysis, we will show you where and how many evictions were on file both before and during the pandemic. We’ll also show you the racial disparities in Dayton evictions.
Eviction filings over time
Prior to the pandemic, the City of Dayton had over 2,500 evictions on file per year, with over 100 per month.
After the first eviction moratorium in March 2020, the number of evictions on file dropped to 40 in April 2020. However, the eviction filings steadily increased through September 2020. The CDC issued a moratorium on evictions in September of 2020 and the evictions on file decreases month to month until the end of 2020 but steadily rises again throughout the year of 2021, reaching 2 filings shy of pre-pandemic levels by January 2022. There has been a steady decline in eviction filings since the spike in January, but historical monthly averages suggest November through May have fewer eviction filings than the rest of the year, so it is uncertain as to whether this downward trend is an anomaly and will continue through the end of the year or if it will turn around and rise back to pre-pandemic levels.
Pandemic eviction filings vs. historical average
The graph above compares pandemic eviction rates to pre-pandemic averages. Bars that extend above the dashed line represent months where rates were higher than the historical average for that month, while bars below the dashed line represent months where rates were lower than the historical average for that month. March has the lowest historical average at 179 eviction filings and August has the highest at 267.
Eviction filing rates by race
2015 - 2022
2015 - 2019
2020 - 2022
The race and ethnicity of tenants listed in the eviction filings were estimated using their name and demographic information of the census tract in which they lived. While our methodology gives good overall estimates, the results may be biased toward the racial majority in the corresponding tracts.
The graphs above and below show eviction filings rates by race and ethnicity. They reveal the disproportionate impact evictions have on Black and Latinx renters in the Dayton metro area. The race and ethnicity of renters in the Dayton metro area come from ACS 2015 - 2019 5-year estimates. This value is the denominator of the eviction filing rate, with the numerator being the estimated race and ethnicity of those listed in the eviction filing. The eviction filing rate is then the percentage of renters in each group that we estimated to be the defendant of an eviction filing.
Minority vs. White eviction filing rates
2015 - 2019
2020 - 2022
2015 - 2022
These plots demonstrate the ratio of eviction rates among non-white renters to white renters. A ratio greater than 1 means that there is a greater eviction filing rate for non-White renters than White renters. A ratio less than 1 means the opposite- there is a lower eviction filing rate for non-White renters than White renters.
Black and Latinx renters both have higher eviction rates than White renters, regardless of what time period is under consideration. The ratio for Black renters rose from 1.29 before the pandemic to 1.3 during the pandemic while the ratio for Latinx renters fell from 1.65 to 1.37.
Asian renters have lower eviction rates than White renters throughout the study period, but the ratio increased from .52 pre-pandemic to .7 during the pandemic.
The eviction rates for all groups decreased during the pandemic, but the amount by which it decreased is not consistent for all groups.