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Neighborhood · Ranked #65,414 of 84,120 nationally

Far East Columbus Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 39049007397 · Franklin County, OH · pop 3,768 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

39049007397 is a census tract in the Far East Columbus area of Columbus, OH. It scores 3.1/10 for landlords. Cost burden runs 15% here against 41.6% across Franklin County.

Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7% Stable renters 40% Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units1,440
Renter share47.5%
SVI overall0.26
Poverty rate4.7%
Median income$88,696

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#3 of 4 tracts In Far East Columbus
Low
Within parent city
14 th percentile
Rank, 14th percentileLowHigh
#205 of 238 tracts In Columbus
Very Low
Within county
30 th percentile
Rank, 30th percentileLowHigh
#231 of 328 tracts In Franklin County
Low
Within state
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#2,128 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Columbus and the region

Centroid at 39.9888, -82.8270 · click any tract to drill in

Why Far East Columbus scores 3.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
4.7% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,243 rent vs county FMR
3.6
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 Far East Columbus compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Far East Columbus risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.1This tracttract 0073974.3Columbusparent city4.4Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 26

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 425Total filings 2020-21
  • 5.5Avg monthly (observed)
  • 6.1Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.90×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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 Far East Columbus. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Far East Columbus

The clearest offset is economic stress at 1.2/10. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8/10.

Against the Franklin County average of 4.4, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.3 points. That is riskier than roughly 22% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.3/10. Against average income of $88,696, annual rent is just 17%.

Statewide the OH average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.1 points cooler. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

Average gross rent is $1,243, close to the Columbus average. 48% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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 39049007397

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049007397?

Census tract 39049007397 in the Far East Columbus neighborhood scores 3.1/10 (Lower 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 39049007397?

Median gross rent is $1,243/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 15% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39049007397?

4.7% of residents in tract 39049007397 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,768.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39049007397?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 26th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 18th, household 37th, minority 64th, housing 29th.
Q5

Is tract 39049007397 considered part of Far East Columbus?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39049007397 fall within Far East Columbus (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 39049007397 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.90× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Columbus eviction risk, OH), 2020-2021.
Q7

What share of households in tract 39049007397 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.8% 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. 8.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 39049007397 compare to Columbus overall?

Tract 39049007397 scores 3.1/10, lower 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Columbus

Top eight tracts in Columbus ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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