Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #22,213 of 84,120 nationally
Driving Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Columbus
Tract 39049005500 · Franklin County, OH · pop 4,323 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
The Moderate-tier score of 5.7/10 for census tract 39049005500 reflects conditions in the Driving Park area of Columbus, Ohio. On the national scale it ranks #30,510 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 44% of renter households, a severe level, and 9% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $959 a month while the average household earns $53,698 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 59% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 33%
Owners 41%
Tract context
Occupied units2,067
Renter share58.8%
SVI overall0.63
Poverty rate22.7%
Median income$53,698
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
69
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
77
th percentile
High
Within state
82
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbus and the region
Centroid at 39.9461, -82.9603 · click any tract to drill in
Why Driving Park scores 5.2
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
22.7% poverty · this tract
5.7
Supply constraint
$959 rent vs county FMR
1.6
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: 63
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 75%Socioeconomic
- 55%Household composition
- 85%Racial/ethnic minority
- 27%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
- 65%Grade B
- 31%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)
- 1,992Total filings over 13 yrs
- 17.49%Avg annual filing rate
- 21.8%Peak (2015)
- 202Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 46% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 809Total filings 2020-21
- 10.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 14.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.74×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.
- 26.9%Housing insecurity
- 22.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 35.5%Food insecurity
- 35.1%SNAP enrollment
- 18.0%Transit barriers
- 12.8%No health insurance
- 22.2%Frequent mental distress
- 36.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Driving Park
The score leans hardest on economic stress at 5.7/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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 26.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 22.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,992 eviction filings here over 13 tracked years, with about 17.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 21.8% of renter households in 2015.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 39049005500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049005500?
Census tract 39049005500 in the Driving Park neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (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 39049005500?
Median gross rent is $959/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39049005500?
22.7% of residents in tract 39049005500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,323.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39049005500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 55th, minority 85th, housing 27th.
Q5
Is tract 39049005500 considered part of Driving Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39049005500 fall within Driving Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049005500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,992 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39049005500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 17.49% of renter households, peaking at 21.8% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 39049005500 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.74× 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 39049005500 struggle to pay rent?
About 26.9% 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. 22.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 39049005500 compare to Columbus overall?
Tract 39049005500 scores 5.2/10, 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 39049005500 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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