Far South Columbus Eviction Risk: Moderate

Against a Columbus baseline of 28.8%, 38% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line. Severe burden reaches 22%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears.

Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 3.9 to 5.7, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. At $1,028 a month, rents sit 21% under what the rest of Columbus commands. Running cool is supply constraint, at 2.4/10.

Court records carry 1,292 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts. Filing activity peaked in 2013 at 14.8% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 6.6% in 2015, is well off that peak.

Among the 120 mapped neighborhoods of Columbus, it ranks #71 by risk, the middle third. For a like-for-like read, Lombardy Heights and South East Columbus score within a fraction of it. Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $58,760.

32% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Underwrite the address, not the area: with 1.8 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.