Within neighborhood
40
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #52,479 of 84,120 nationally
Far West Columbus Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 39049007965 · Franklin County, OH · pop 3,596 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
Census tract 39049007965 covers part of the Far West Columbus area of Columbus, OH, and scores 3.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,596. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units1,659
Renter share53.0%
SVI overall0.20
Poverty rate8.6%
Median income$78,618
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
25
th percentile
Low
Within county
41
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
48
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbus and the region
Centroid at 39.9918, -83.1339 · click any tract to drill in
Why Far West Columbus scores 3.8
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
8.6% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,298 rent vs county FMR
4.0
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 Far West Columbus compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 20
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 42%Socioeconomic
- 5%Household composition
- 35%Racial/ethnic minority
- 26%Housing & transportation
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)
- 793Total filings 2020-21
- 10.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 2.68×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above 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 West 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.
- 10.0%Housing insecurity
- 6.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.1%Food insecurity
- 7.4%SNAP enrollment
- 6.8%Transit barriers
- 7.6%No health insurance
- 18.2%Frequent mental distress
- 21.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Far West Columbus
Cost burden runs 53% here against 41.6% across Franklin County. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 2.1/10.
Severe burden reaches 10%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. SNAP participation runs 7.4% against 15.2% nationally.
It sits 0.6 points below the Franklin County average of 4.4. That is riskier than roughly 38% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 2.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
Average gross rent is $1,298, close to the Columbus average. Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $78,618.
53% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 39049007965
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049007965?
Census tract 39049007965 in the Far West Columbus neighborhood scores 3.8/10 (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 39049007965?
Median gross rent is $1,298/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39049007965?
8.6% of residents in tract 39049007965 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,596.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39049007965?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 20th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 42th, household 5th, minority 35th, housing 26th.
Q5
Is tract 39049007965 considered part of Far West Columbus?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39049007965 fall within Far West Columbus (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 39049007965 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 2.68× 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.
Q7
What share of households in tract 39049007965 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.0% 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. 6.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 39049007965 compare to Columbus overall?
Tract 39049007965 scores 3.8/10, 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.
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