2 census tracts · pop 6,532 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.7/10
· range 5.7–5.7
Driving Park is a 2-tract neighborhood of Columbus, OH, population 6,532. Scored across those inputs it reaches 5.7/10, placing it in the Moderate tier. Cost burden runs 46% against 28.8% citywide, putting Driving Park 17.5% over its own city.
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure, at 1.5/10. 21.6% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, against a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
Running cool is supply constraint, at 1.7/10. At $977 a month, rents sit 25% under what the rest of Columbus commands.
Food insecurity affects 34.2% of adults, 16.4 points above the national rate. The poverty rate is 25%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
14% 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 3,044 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts.
Filing activity peaked in 2015 at 29.1% of renter households. That places it #3 of 120 neighborhoods in Columbus. Judgments average 11.5% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
The 2 tracts here are tightly clustered, 0 points apart at the extremes.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Driving Park vs ColumbusHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority86%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport37%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Driving Park
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
3,044Total filings (sum)
18.45%Avg annual filing rate
29.1%Peak year (2015)
21.61%Latest filed (2015)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
1,202Total filings 2020-21
8.7Avg monthly observed
11.6Pre-pandemic baseline
0.75×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 Driving Park
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
26.4%Housing insecurity
21.7%Utility shutoff threat
34.6%Food insecurity
34.2%SNAP enrollment
12.3%No health insurance
35.8%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Driving Park
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Driving Park?
Driving Park scores 5.7/10 (Moderate 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 Driving Park compare to Columbus overall?
Driving Park scores 1.4 points higher than Columbus overall (4.3/10). Renters spend 46% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $977 vs $1,295.
Q3
What is the average rent in Driving Park?
Average gross rent in Driving Park is $977/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Driving Park residents are renters?
61% of Driving Park households are renter-occupied (vs 56% in Columbus). The neighborhood has 6,532 residents.
Q5
Is Driving Park a high social-vulnerability area?
Driving Park sits in the 70th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Driving Park have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Driving Park is census tract 39049005500 (score 5.7/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.7 to 5.7, a spread of 0 points.
Q7
How safe is Driving Park for landlords?
Driving Park carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.7/10). 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 higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Driving Park?
Driving Park has 6,768 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (63.8%), White (non-Hispanic) (22.7%), Other / Multiracial (11.7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
