1 census tracts · pop 2,968 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5/10
· range 5–5
Indianola Highlands is a one-tract neighborhood of Columbus, OH and houses 2,968 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 5/10, in the Moderate tier. 52% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, dramatically above the Columbus rate of 28.8%.
32% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure, at 1.5/10. Well under the midpoint is supply constraint, at 2.7/10.
Court records for this tract carry 1,052 eviction filings. Average gross rent is $1,108, 14% below the Columbus average of $1,295. The worst year on record was 2008, when filings touched 23.5% of renter households.
The most recent observed rate, 10.7% in 2015, is well off that peak. That places it #57 of 120 neighborhoods in Columbus.
For a like-for-like read, Knolls West and Maize-Morse score within a fraction of it. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $61,098.
42% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
One tract means one number: 5/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
5
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Indianola Highlands vs ColumbusHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority55%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport45%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Indianola Highlands
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
1,052Total filings (sum)
15.15%Avg annual filing rate
23.5%Peak year (2008)
10.73%Latest filed (2015)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
336Total filings 2020-21
4.4Avg monthly observed
4.9Pre-pandemic baseline
0.89×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Columbus, OH).
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Indianola Highlands
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
13.7%Housing insecurity
10.0%Utility shutoff threat
17.0%Food insecurity
13.8%SNAP enrollment
9.2%No health insurance
27.4%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Indianola Highlands
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Indianola Highlands?
Indianola Highlands scores 5/10 (Moderate tier) across 1 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 Indianola Highlands compare to Columbus overall?
Indianola Highlands scores 0.7 points higher than Columbus overall (4.3/10). Renters spend 52% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,108 vs $1,295.
Q3
What is the average rent in Indianola Highlands?
Average gross rent in Indianola Highlands is $1,108/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Indianola Highlands residents are renters?
42% of Indianola Highlands households are renter-occupied (vs 56% in Columbus). The neighborhood has 2,968 residents.
Q5
Is Indianola Highlands a high social-vulnerability area?
Indianola Highlands sits in the 71st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Indianola Highlands for landlords?
Indianola Highlands carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5/10). Pop-weighted across 1 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 higher-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Indianola Highlands?
Indianola Highlands has 2,887 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (69.2%), Black (non-Hispanic) (22.6%), Other / Multiracial (5.4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
