Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally
Driving Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Columbus
Tract 39049005420 · Franklin County, OH · pop 2,209 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
With a score of 5.7/10, tract 39049005420 in the Driving Park area of Columbus, OH reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,209 residents. 26% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33%
Stable renters 32%
Owners 35%
Tract context
Occupied units788
Renter share64.8%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate28.9%
Median income$44,009
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
91
th percentile
Very High
Within county
93
th percentile
Very High
Within state
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbus and the region
Centroid at 39.9511, -82.9555 · click any tract to drill in
Why Driving Park 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
28.9% poverty · this tract
7.2
Supply constraint
$1,013 rent vs county FMR
2.0
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 Driving Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 85
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 79%Socioeconomic
- 92%Household composition
- 89%Racial/ethnic minority
- 57%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
- 43%Grade B
- 40%Grade C
- 16%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)
- 1,052Total filings over 13 yrs
- 20.32%Avg annual filing rate
- 29.1%Peak (2009)
- 87Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 18% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 393Total filings 2020-21
- 5.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 6.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.77×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Columbus, OH as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Driving Park. 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.
- 25.3%Housing insecurity
- 21.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 32.9%Food insecurity
- 32.4%SNAP enrollment
- 16.6%Transit barriers
- 11.2%No health insurance
- 21.6%Frequent mental distress
- 34.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Driving Park
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10. SNAP participation runs 32.4% against 15.2% nationally.
Food insecurity runs 32.9% against 17.8% nationally. The poverty rate is 29%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. 50% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Franklin County average of 41.6%.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2/10. Average gross rent is $1,013, 22% below the Columbus average.
It sits 1.3 points above the Franklin County average of 4.4. The filing record is not thin: 1,052 evictions over 13 years of observation.
Filings peaked in 2009 at 29.1% of renter households. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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 20.3% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #21,564 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 39049005420
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049005420?
Census tract 39049005420 in the Driving Park 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 39049005420?
Median gross rent is $1,013/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39049005420?
28.9% of residents in tract 39049005420 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,209.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39049005420?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 92th, minority 89th, housing 57th.
Q5
Is tract 39049005420 considered part of Driving Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39049005420 fall within Driving Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049005420?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,052 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39049005420 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 20.32% of renter households, peaking at 29.1% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 39049005420 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.77× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Columbus eviction risk, OH), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 39049005420 struggle to pay rent?
About 25.3% 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. 21.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 39049005420 compare to Columbus overall?
Tract 39049005420 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 39049005420 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. 16% 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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