7 census tracts · pop 29,276 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.8/10
· range 3.5–5.7
Eastland takes in 7 census tracts of Columbus, OH and houses 29,276 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 4.8/10, in the Moderate tier. Against a Columbus baseline of 28.8%, 47% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 3.5 to 5.7, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. Pulling the other way is rent-regulation exposure, at 1.9/10. 19.5% 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.
Severe burden reaches 19%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. The poverty rate is 23%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 24.6% of adults, against 14.2% nationally.
Filings are well documented here: 10,779 across 7 observed tracts. The worst year on record was 2015, when filings touched 26.6% of renter households. Among the 120 mapped neighborhoods of Columbus, it ranks #63 by risk, the middle third.
Judgments average 8.5% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. For a like-for-like read, Brentwood Park and North Bexley Area score within a fraction of it.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 2.2 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
7 tracts · population-weighted
Eastland vs ColumbusHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority82%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport47%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Eastland
Aggregated across 7 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
10,779Total filings (sum)
16.30%Avg annual filing rate
26.6%Peak year (2015)
15.25%Latest filed (2015)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
5,557Total filings 2020-21
10.4Avg monthly observed
8.8Pre-pandemic baseline
1.13×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Columbus, OH).
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Eastland
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
24.2%Housing insecurity
19.2%Utility shutoff threat
31.1%Food insecurity
29.1%SNAP enrollment
12.8%No health insurance
33.9%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Eastland
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Eastland?
Eastland scores 4.8/10 (Moderate tier) across 7 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 Eastland compare to Columbus overall?
Eastland scores 0.5 points higher than Columbus overall (4.3/10). Renters spend 47% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,229 vs $1,295.
Q3
What is the average rent in Eastland?
Average gross rent in Eastland is $1,229/month (pop-weighted across 7 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Eastland residents are renters?
51% of Eastland households are renter-occupied (vs 56% in Columbus). The neighborhood has 29,276 residents.
Q5
Is Eastland a high social-vulnerability area?
Eastland sits in the 75th 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
Which tracts in Eastland have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Eastland is census tract 39049009325 (score 5.7/10). Across the 7 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.5 to 5.7, a spread of 2.2 points.
Q7
How safe is Eastland for landlords?
Eastland carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.8/10). Pop-weighted across 7 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 Eastland?
Eastland has 29,161 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (57.7%), White (non-Hispanic) (25.3%), Hispanic / Latino (9.4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
