Updated Nov 5, 2026: added a breakdown by court area within Montgomery County.
From Supreme Court of Ohio data for September 2026.
Landlords filed 578 eviction cases in Montgomery County’s municipal courts in September 2026, by the courts’ own reports to the Supreme Court of Ohio. Over the 12 months through September 2026, 6,624 were filed: 76 for every 1,000 renter households, against 56 across Ohio.
A year earlier, the 12-month rate was 73 per 1,000 renter households, so filings are up.
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By court area over the 12 months through September 2026: the most cases were filed in the Dayton Municipal Court’s area (the City of Dayton), 2,892, 96 per 1,000 renter households. Its rate also rose the most, from 90 a year earlier to 96. It was lowest in the Oakwood Municipal Court’s area, 14 per 1,000 renter households (9 cases). Court areas cover more than one community and don’t follow city lines exactly; they aren’t counts for individual cities.
Elsewhere in the Miami Valley over the same 12 months: Butler County 90, Clark County 54, Warren County 49, Miami County 37, Greene County 28, Preble County 25, Darke County 24 per 1,000 renter households.
These are cases filed, not completed evictions: many end in a dismissal or a settlement, and one household can face more than one filing. The courts report counts only, so no tenant or landlord is named here. Anyone facing an eviction can find help on our rental assistance page.
Source: Supreme Court of Ohio, court caseload statistics (eStats), forcible entry and detainer cases filed; U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003. How the figures are built: methodology.
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