3 census tracts · pop 17,968 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.4/10
· range 3–5.1
Hamilton Quarter spans 3 census tracts of Columbus, OH, population 17,968. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 3.4/10, Lower tier. Against a Columbus baseline of 28.8%, 40% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
Pulling the other way is economic stress, at 1.6/10. Scores across the 3 constituent tracts range from 3 to 5.1. A 2.1-point internal spread means block-level underwriting beats area-level here. The severe-burden share is 19%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
Well under the midpoint is rent-regulation exposure, at 2/10. At $1,573 a month, rents sit 21% over what the rest of Columbus commands.
The filing record is not thin: 258 evictions logged in this tract. SNAP participation is 6.0% of households versus 15.2% nationally.
Food insecurity affects 8.8% of adults, 9.0 points below the national rate. Filing activity peaked in 2015 at 4.6% of renter households. That places it #102 of 120 neighborhoods in Columbus.
Judgments average 1.4% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. For a like-for-like read, Rocky Fork-Blacklick and Harrison West score within a fraction of it.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 2.1 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.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
3 tracts · population-weighted
Hamilton Quarter vs ColumbusHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority50%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport55%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Hamilton Quarter
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
258Total filings (sum)
3.47%Avg annual filing rate
4.6%Peak year (2015)
4.63%Latest filed (2015)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
1,321Total filings 2020-21
7.2Avg monthly observed
2.3Pre-pandemic baseline
2.73×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Columbus, OH).
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Hamilton Quarter
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
7.8%Housing insecurity
5.5%Utility shutoff threat
8.5%Food insecurity
5.6%SNAP enrollment
5.6%No health insurance
19.6%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Hamilton Quarter
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Hamilton Quarter?
Hamilton Quarter scores 3.4/10 (Lower tier) across 3 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Hamilton Quarter compare to Columbus overall?
Hamilton Quarter scores 0.9 points lower than Columbus overall (4.3/10). Renters spend 40% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,573 vs $1,295.
Q3
What is the average rent in Hamilton Quarter?
Average gross rent in Hamilton eviction risk Quarter is $1,573/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Hamilton Quarter residents are renters?
53% of Hamilton Quarter households are renter-occupied (vs 56% in Columbus). The neighborhood has 17,968 residents.
Q5
Is Hamilton Quarter a high social-vulnerability area?
Hamilton Quarter sits in the 29th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Hamilton Quarter have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Hamilton Quarter is census tract 39049007214 (score 5.1/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 5.1, a spread of 2.1 points.
Q7
How safe is Hamilton Quarter for landlords?
Hamilton eviction risk Quarter carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.4/10). Pop-weighted across 3 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Columbus as a whole (4.3/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Hamilton Quarter?
Hamilton Quarter has 18,731 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (66.9%), Black (non-Hispanic) (15%), Other / Multiracial (7.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
