Northstar Eviction Risk: Moderate

85% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, far above the Columbus rate of 30.3%. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10.

Annualized rent equals 33% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with. On the softer side is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.5/10. Running cool is tenant-organizing strength, at 2.5/10.

CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 21.6% of adults, against 14.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 17%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. SNAP participation is 23.5% of households versus 15.2% nationally.

The voucher gap is 10.2%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. At $1,221 a month, rents sit 10% over what the rest of Columbus commands.

That places it #29 of 48 neighborhoods in Columbus. Only 27% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin here; price renewals off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.

One tract means one number: 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.