Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #23,554 of 84,120 nationally
Edgewood Eviction Risk: Moderate , Columbus
Tract 39049008720 · Franklin County, OH · pop 3,627 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
How risky is the Edgewood neighborhood of Columbus for landlords? Census tract 39049008720 scores 5.5/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 56th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 42% of renter households, a severe level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $745 monthly, set against $43,516 in average yearly household income, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 44% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 56%
Tract context
Occupied units1,619
Renter share43.9%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate19.6%
Median income$43,516
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
65
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
75
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
80
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbus and the region
Centroid at 39.9252, -82.9685 · click any tract to drill in
Why Edgewood scores 5.1
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
19.6% poverty · this tract
4.9
Supply constraint
$745 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Edgewood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 78
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 68%Socioeconomic
- 77%Household composition
- 84%Racial/ethnic minority
- 71%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 1%Grade C
- 5%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)
- 737Total filings over 13 yrs
- 9.25%Avg annual filing rate
- 13.5%Peak (2015)
- 86Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 25% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 653Total filings 2020-21
- 8.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.88×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Columbus, OH as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
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.
- 20.6%Housing insecurity
- 15.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 27.9%Food insecurity
- 24.3%SNAP enrollment
- 13.6%Transit barriers
- 13.3%No health insurance
- 19.6%Frequent mental distress
- 35.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Edgewood
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 5.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. 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 20.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 15.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 5% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 39049008720
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049008720?
Census tract 39049008720 in the Edgewood neighborhood scores 5.1/10 (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 39049008720?
Median gross rent is $745/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39049008720?
19.6% of residents in tract 39049008720 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,627.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39049008720?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 68th, household 77th, minority 84th, housing 71th.
Q5
Is tract 39049008720 considered part of Edgewood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39049008720 fall within Edgewood (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049008720?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 737 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39049008720 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.25% of renter households, peaking at 13.5% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 39049008720 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.88× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Columbus eviction risk, OH), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 39049008720 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.6% 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. 15.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 39049008720 compare to Columbus overall?
Tract 39049008720 scores 5.1/10, 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 39049008720 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 5% 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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