Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally
Franklinton Eviction Risk: Moderate , Columbus
Tract 39049005100 · Franklin County, OH · pop 2,499 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
39049005100 is a census tract in the Franklinton area of Columbus, OH. It scores 5.7/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,499. The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
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 parent city
99
th percentile
Very High
Within county
94
th percentile
Very High
Within state
89
th percentile
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 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
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 100
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 93%Socioeconomic
- 99%Household composition
- 75%Racial/ethnic minority
- 100%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 4%Grade D · redlined
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 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
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.
- 35.2%Housing insecurity
- 31.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 51.5%Food insecurity
- 56.0%SNAP enrollment
- 26.7%Transit barriers
- 19.1%No health insurance
- 27.3%Frequent mental distress
- 48.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Franklinton
Food insecurity runs 51.5% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 56.0% against 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 58%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Average gross rent is $768, 41% below the Columbus average. Severe burden reaches 29%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Set annual rent against average income of $22,308 and the ratio lands at 41%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.
Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1/10. This is renter territory: 80% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Cost burden runs 52% here against 41.6% across Franklin County.
Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. Against the Franklin County average of 4.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points.
The filing record is not thin: 769 evictions over 13 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2013 at 22.4% of renter households.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 39049005100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049005100?
Census tract 39049005100 in the Franklinton 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 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 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.
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.
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