Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #48,083 of 84,120 nationally
Berwick Eviction Risk: Lower , Columbus
Tract 39049002780 · Franklin County, OH · pop 2,524 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Here is how census tract 39049002780, in Berwick in Columbus eviction risk, looks to a landlord: a 5.4/10 eviction-risk score (Moderate tier) across a population of 2,524. It lands near the 52nd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 49% of renter households, a severe level, and 37% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $921 monthly, set against $82,963 in average yearly household income, roughly 13% of income at the averages. Renters make up 34% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units1,154
Renter share34.4%
SVI overall0.37
Poverty rate8.3%
Median income$82,963
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
26
th percentile
Low
Within county
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
52
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbus and the region
Centroid at 39.9440, -82.9288 · click any tract to drill in
Why Berwick scores 3.6
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
8.3% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$921 rent vs county FMR
1.4
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 Berwick compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 37
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 15%Socioeconomic
- 53%Household composition
- 48%Racial/ethnic minority
- 61%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 60%Grade B
- 0%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)
- 95Total filings over 13 yrs
- 2.20%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.7%Peak (2007)
- 13Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 160% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 65Total filings 2020-21
- 0.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.12×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Columbus, OH as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Berwick. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
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.
- 7.7%Housing insecurity
- 5.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.2%Food insecurity
- 6.8%SNAP enrollment
- 5.4%Transit barriers
- 5.5%No health insurance
- 12.8%Frequent mental distress
- 26.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Berwick
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 5.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Columbus eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Franklin County average of 5.4 and above the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 39049002780
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049002780?
Census tract 39049002780 in the Berwick neighborhood scores 3.6/10 (Lower 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 39049002780?
Median gross rent is $921/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39049002780?
8.3% of residents in tract 39049002780 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,524.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39049002780?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 37th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 15th, household 53th, minority 48th, housing 61th.
Q5
Is tract 39049002780 considered part of Berwick?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39049002780 fall within Berwick (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049002780?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 95 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39049002780 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.20% of renter households, peaking at 4.7% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 39049002780 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.12× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Columbus eviction risk, OH), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 39049002780 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.7% 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. 5.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 39049002780 compare to Columbus overall?
Tract 39049002780 scores 3.6/10, higher than the parent city of Columbus at 3.1/10. 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 39049002780 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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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