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Franklinton Eviction Risk: Elevated , Columbus

Tract 39049005100 · Franklin County, OH · pop 2,499 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Eviction risk in the Franklinton area of Columbus centers on tract 39049005100, which scores 6.3/10 (Elevated tier) and is home to 2,499 residents. That is riskier than roughly 82% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 52% of renter households, a severe level, and 29% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $768 a month while the average household earns $22,308 a year, roughly 41% of income at the averages. About 80% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
6.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 42% Stable renters 38% Owners 20%
Tract context
Occupied units788
Renter share79.8%
SVI overall1.00
Poverty rate57.8%
Median income$22,308

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 5 tracts In Franklinton
Moderate
Within parent city
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#17 of 238 tracts In Columbus
Very High
Within county
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#17 of 328 tracts In Franklin County
Very High
Within state
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#58 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Columbus and the region

Centroid at 39.9427, -83.0214 · click any tract to drill in

Why Franklinton scores 6.1

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
57.8% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$768 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 Franklinton compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Franklinton risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.16.1This tracttract 005100Columbus: 3.13.1Columbusparent cityCounty: 3.93.9Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 100

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

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.

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)

  • 769Total filings over 13 yrs
  • 12.32%Avg annual filing rate
  • 22.4%Peak (2013)
  • 76Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 390490051002002: 83 filings (16.60/100 renter HHs)2003: 41 filings (8.20/100 renter HHs)2004: 32 filings (6.40/100 renter HHs)2005: 18 filings (3.79/100 renter HHs)2006: 33 filings (6.95/100 renter HHs)2007: 52 filings (10.95/100 renter HHs)2008: 57 filings (12.00/100 renter HHs)2009: 62 filings (13.05/100 renter HHs)2010: 47 filings (8.92/100 renter HHs)2011: 78 filings (16.63/100 renter HHs)2012: 85 filings (18.12/100 renter HHs)2013: 105 filings (22.39/100 renter HHs)2015: 76 filings (16.20/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 13 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 655Total filings 2020-21
  • 8.5Avg monthly (observed)
  • 6.9Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.23×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline2020-01-01: 3 filings (0.39× baseline)2020-02-01: 15 filings (1.55× baseline)2020-03-01: 2 filings (0.35× baseline)2020-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-05-01: 1 filings (0.23× baseline)2020-06-01: 7 filings (0.60× baseline)2020-07-01: 2 filings (0.25× baseline)2020-08-01: 3 filings (0.43× baseline)2020-09-01: 21 filings (3.50× baseline)2020-10-01: 4 filings (0.60× baseline)2020-11-01: 2 filings (0.30× baseline)2020-12-01: 26 filings (4.33× baseline)2021-01-01: 5 filings (0.65× baseline)2021-02-01: 5 filings (0.52× baseline)2021-03-01: 4 filings (0.71× baseline)2021-04-01: 11 filings (1.14× baseline)2021-05-01: 5 filings (1.15× baseline)2021-06-01: 5 filings (0.43× baseline)2021-07-01: 7 filings (0.88× baseline)2021-08-01: 7 filings (1.00× baseline)2021-09-01: 4 filings (0.67× baseline)2021-10-01: 8 filings (1.20× baseline)2021-11-01: 9 filings (1.35× baseline)2021-12-01: 16 filings (2.67× baseline)2022-01-01: 4 filings (0.52× baseline)2022-02-01: 6 filings (0.62× baseline)2022-03-01: 8 filings (1.41× baseline)2022-04-01: 5 filings (0.52× baseline)2022-05-01: 9 filings (2.08× baseline)2022-06-01: 5 filings (0.43× baseline)2022-07-01: 9 filings (1.13× baseline)2022-08-01: 7 filings (1.00× baseline)2022-09-01: 16 filings (2.67× baseline)2022-10-01: 3 filings (0.45× baseline)2022-11-01: 15 filings (2.25× baseline)2022-12-01: 9 filings (1.50× baseline)2023-01-01: 8 filings (1.04× baseline)2023-02-01: 11 filings (1.14× baseline)2023-03-01: 11 filings (1.94× baseline)2023-04-01: 5 filings (0.52× baseline)2023-05-01: 26 filings (6.00× baseline)2023-06-01: 4 filings (0.34× baseline)2023-07-01: 7 filings (0.88× baseline)2023-08-01: 13 filings (1.86× baseline)2023-09-01: 20 filings (3.33× baseline)2023-10-01: 10 filings (1.50× baseline)2023-11-01: 2 filings (0.30× baseline)2023-12-01: 8 filings (1.33× baseline)2024-01-01: 11 filings (1.43× baseline)2024-02-01: 14 filings (1.45× baseline)2024-03-01: 14 filings (2.47× baseline)2024-04-01: 8 filings (0.83× baseline)2024-05-01: 4 filings (0.92× baseline)2024-06-01: 7 filings (0.60× baseline)2024-07-01: 14 filings (1.75× baseline)2024-08-01: 13 filings (1.86× baseline)2024-09-01: 1 filings (0.17× baseline)2024-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-11-01: 6 filings (0.90× baseline)2024-12-01: 11 filings (1.83× baseline)2025-01-01: 14 filings (1.83× baseline)2025-02-01: 9 filings (0.93× baseline)2025-03-01: 10 filings (1.76× baseline)2025-04-01: 7 filings (0.72× baseline)2025-05-01: 15 filings (3.46× baseline)2025-06-01: 9 filings (0.77× baseline)2025-07-01: 5 filings (0.63× baseline)2025-08-01: 21 filings (3.00× baseline)2025-09-01: 11 filings (1.83× baseline)2025-10-01: 11 filings (1.65× baseline)2025-11-01: 10 filings (1.50× baseline)2025-12-01: 7 filings (1.17× baseline)2026-01-01: 8 filings (80.00× baseline)2026-02-01: 5 filings (50.00× baseline)2026-03-01: 5 filings (50.00× baseline)2026-04-01: 6 filings (60.00× baseline)2026-05-01: 6 filings (60.00× baseline)

Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Columbus, OH as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Franklinton. 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 Franklinton

What moves this score most is economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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 above 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.

The tract is Black and White and ranks around the 100th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 769 eviction filings here over 13 tracked years, with about 12.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 22.4% of renter households in 2013.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 39049005100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049005100?

Census tract 39049005100 in the Franklinton neighborhood scores 6.1/10 (Elevated 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 39049005100?

Median gross rent is $768/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39049005100?

57.8% of residents in tract 39049005100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,499.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39049005100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 100th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 99th, minority 75th, housing 100th.
Q5

Is tract 39049005100 considered part of Franklinton?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39049005100 fall within Franklinton (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049005100?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 769 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39049005100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.32% of renter households, peaking at 22.4% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 39049005100 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.23× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Columbus eviction risk, OH), 2020-2021.
Q8

What share of households in tract 39049005100 struggle to pay rent?

About 35.2% 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. 31.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9

How does tract 39049005100 compare to Columbus overall?

Tract 39049005100 scores 6.1/10, 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 39049005100 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. 4% 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Columbus

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

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