Forest Hills Eviction Risk: Moderate

The severe-burden share is 31%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10.

17.6% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, against a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Running cool is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.5/10. The poverty rate is 20%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest.

Food insecurity affects 30.1% of adults, 12.3 points above the national rate. Well under the midpoint is tenant-organizing strength, at 2.5/10.

That places it #22 of 48 neighborhoods in Columbus. The closest comparables inside the same city are Lindsey Park and Wayne Terrace. Social vulnerability runs high at 8.6/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.

Average gross rent runs $1,079, close to the Columbus average. Annual rent works out to 30% of average household income of $43,085.

41% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

One tract means one number: 4.4/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.