Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally
Homedale Addition Eviction Risk: Moderate , Columbus
Tract 39049006821 · Franklin County, OH · pop 3,367 · neighborhood within 0.0 mi
Census tract 39049006821 covers part of the Homedale Addition area of Columbus, OH, and scores 5.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 24%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36%
Stable renters 39%
Owners 25%
Tract context
Occupied units2,030
Renter share74.8%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate24.5%
Median income$42,907
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
86
th percentile
High
Within county
96
th percentile
Very High
Within state
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbus and the region
Centroid at 40.0694, -83.0255 · click any tract to drill in
Why Homedale Addition scores 5.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Columbus
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.6
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
24.5% poverty · this tract
6.1
Supply constraint
$935 rent vs county FMR
1.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Columbus
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Columbus
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Columbus
4.0
How Homedale Addition compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 73
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 68%Socioeconomic
- 54%Household composition
- 33%Racial/ethnic minority
- 87%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 15%Grade B
- 46%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 1,800Total filings over 13 yrs
- 11.70%Avg annual filing rate
- 19.1%Peak (2008)
- 84Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 290Total filings 2020-21
- 3.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 9.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.42×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Columbus, OH as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 11.0%Housing insecurity
- 8.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.3%Food insecurity
- 12.3%SNAP enrollment
- 8.2%Transit barriers
- 7.7%No health insurance
- 17.1%Frequent mental distress
- 29.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Homedale Addition
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10. This is renter territory: 75% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.5/10.
Average gross rent is $935, 28% below the Columbus average. The poverty rate is 24%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8/10. Against the Franklin County average of 4.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points.
Against Franklin County at 41.6%, 49% of renters here are cost-burdened. Court records carry 1,800 eviction filings across 13 observed years.
Filings peaked in 2008 at 19.1% of renter households. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Columbus. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 11.7% of renter households face a filing.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 39049006821
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049006821?
Census tract 39049006821 in the Homedale Addition neighborhood scores 5.7/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 39049006821?
Median gross rent is $935/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39049006821?
24.5% of residents in tract 39049006821 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,367.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39049006821?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 68th, household 54th, minority 33th, housing 87th.
Q5
Is tract 39049006821 considered part of Homedale Addition?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39049006821 fall within Homedale Addition (neighborhood centroid within 0.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049006821?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,800 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39049006821 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.70% of renter households, peaking at 19.1% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 39049006821 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.42× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Columbus eviction risk, OH), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 39049006821 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.0% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 8.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 39049006821 compare to Columbus overall?
Tract 39049006821 scores 5.7/10, higher than the parent city of Columbus at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Columbus eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q10
Was tract 39049006821 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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