Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally
Forest Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Columbus
Tract 39049006931 · Franklin County, OH · pop 7,092 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
39049006931 is a census tract in the Forest Park area of Columbus, OH. It scores 5.7/10 for landlords. 25% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 44%
Owners 30%
Tract context
Occupied units2,690
Renter share69.6%
SVI overall0.72
Poverty rate33.0%
Median income$53,543
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
73
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
91
th percentile
Very High
Within state
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbus and the region
Centroid at 40.0817, -82.9672 · click any tract to drill in
Why Forest Park scores 5.7
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
33.0% poverty · this tract
8.3
Supply constraint
$1,071 rent vs county FMR
2.4
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 Forest Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 72
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 75%Socioeconomic
- 67%Household composition
- 83%Racial/ethnic minority
- 47%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 2,881Total filings over 13 yrs
- 16.39%Avg annual filing rate
- 24.1%Peak (2006)
- 212Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 921Total filings 2020-21
- 12.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 17.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.69×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Columbus, OH as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Forest Park. 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.
- 22.4%Housing insecurity
- 17.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 29.1%Food insecurity
- 26.9%SNAP enrollment
- 14.7%Transit barriers
- 12.6%No health insurance
- 20.6%Frequent mental distress
- 32.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Forest Park
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10. The poverty rate is 33%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
This is renter territory: 70% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. On the high side, economic stress reads 8.3/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8/10. Against the Franklin County average of 4.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points. SNAP participation runs 26.9% against 15.2% nationally.
Average gross rent is $1,071, 17% below the Columbus average. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 17.8% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The filing record is not thin: 2,881 evictions over 13 years of observation.
37% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Franklin County average of 41.6%. The worst year on record was 2006, when 24.1% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 16.4% of renter households face a filing.
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 39049006931
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049006931?
Census tract 39049006931 in the Forest Park neighborhood scores 5.7/10 (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 39049006931?
Median gross rent is $1,071/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39049006931?
33.0% of residents in tract 39049006931 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,092.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39049006931?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 67th, minority 83th, housing 47th.
Q5
Is tract 39049006931 considered part of Forest Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39049006931 fall within Forest Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049006931?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 2,881 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39049006931 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 16.39% of renter households, peaking at 24.1% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 39049006931 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.69× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Columbus eviction risk, OH), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 39049006931 struggle to pay rent?
About 22.4% 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. 17.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 39049006931 compare to Columbus overall?
Tract 39049006931 scores 5.7/10, higher 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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