2 census tracts · pop 9,196 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.6/10
· range 3–4.1
Summerfield spans 2 census tracts of Columbus, OH, population 9,196. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 3.6/10, in the Lower tier. At $2,216 a month, rents sit 71% over what the rest of Columbus commands.
The voucher gap is 53.3%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. The clearest offset is economic stress, at 1.6/10.
28% of renters spend 30% or more of household income on rent. On the high side is supply constraint at 8.1/10. The 2 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 3 to 4.1, a 1.1-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address.
13% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. Court records carry 435 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts. The worst year on record was 2011, when filings touched 18.4% of renter households.
Food insecurity affects 9.5% of adults, 8.3 points below the national rate. The most recent observed rate, 8.9% in 2016, is well off that peak. That places it #97 of 120 neighborhoods in Columbus.
Only 15% 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. The closest comparables inside the same city are Easton and Summit View Forest.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 1.1 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
2 tracts · population-weighted
Summerfield vs ColumbusHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Summerfield scores 3.6/10 (Lower tier) across 2 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Summerfield compare to Columbus overall?
Summerfield scores 0.7 points lower than Columbus overall (4.3/10). Renters spend 28% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $2,216 vs $1,295.
Q3
What is the average rent in Summerfield?
Average gross rent in Summerfield is $2,216/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Summerfield residents are renters?
15% of Summerfield households are renter-occupied (vs 56% in Columbus). The neighborhood has 9,196 residents.
Q5
Which tracts in Summerfield have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Summerfield is census tract 39045032701 (score 4.1/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 4.1, a spread of 1.1 points.
Q6
How safe is Summerfield for landlords?
Summerfield carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.6/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Columbus as a whole (4.3/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Summerfield?
Summerfield has 9,318 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (67.5%), Black (non-Hispanic) (21.4%), Other / Multiracial (4.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
