1 census tracts · pop 2,775 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.7/10
· range 5.7–5.7
Cardinal District is a one-tract neighborhood of Columbus, OH and houses 2,775 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 5.7/10, in the Moderate tier. Against a Columbus baseline of 28.8%, 54% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
What pushes the score up most is economic stress at 10/10. SNAP participation is 44.5% of households versus 15.2% nationally.
The poverty rate is 42%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. Food insecurity affects 43.2% of adults, 25.4 points above the national rate. 29% 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.
Annualized rent equals 37% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with. Running cool is rent-regulation exposure, at 1.5/10.
Court records for this tract carry 999 eviction filings. On the softer side is supply constraint, at 2.7/10. Average gross rent is $1,113, 14% below the Columbus average of $1,295.
Filing activity peaked in 2012 at 19.0% of renter households. Recent filings have not receded much: 17.0% in 2015 against a 19.0% peak. That places it #3 of 120 neighborhoods in Columbus.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 5.7/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Cardinal District vs ColumbusHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority85%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport15%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Cardinal District
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
999Total filings (sum)
16.10%Avg annual filing rate
19.0%Peak year (2012)
16.98%Latest filed (2015)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
494Total filings 2020-21
6.4Avg monthly observed
7.0Pre-pandemic baseline
0.92×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Columbus, OH).
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Cardinal District
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
31.0%Housing insecurity
26.1%Utility shutoff threat
43.2%Food insecurity
44.5%SNAP enrollment
17.2%No health insurance
42.2%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Cardinal District
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Cardinal District?
Cardinal District scores 5.7/10 (Moderate tier) across 1 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 Cardinal District compare to Columbus overall?
Cardinal District scores 1.4 points higher than Columbus overall (4.3/10). Renters spend 54% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,113 vs $1,295.
Q3
What is the average rent in Cardinal District?
Average gross rent in Cardinal District is $1,113/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Cardinal District residents are renters?
61% of Cardinal District households are renter-occupied (vs 56% in Columbus). The neighborhood has 2,775 residents.
Q5
Is Cardinal District a high social-vulnerability area?
Cardinal District sits in the 84th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Cardinal District for landlords?
Cardinal District carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.7/10). Pop-weighted across 1 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 higher-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Cardinal District?
Cardinal District has 2,959 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (58.8%), White (non-Hispanic) (15.5%), Hispanic / Latino (15%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
