Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally
Maize-Morse Eviction Risk: Moderate , Columbus
Tract 39049007740 · Franklin County, OH · pop 1,654 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Census tract 39049007740 covers part of the Maize-Morse area of Columbus, OH, and scores 4.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 1,654. At $787 a month, rents run 39% under what the rest of Columbus commands.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units860
Renter share19.1%
SVI overall0.40
Poverty rate8.8%
Median income$65,139
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Within county
47
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
57
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbus and the region
Centroid at 40.0509, -82.9825 · click any tract to drill in
Why Maize-Morse scores 4.2
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
8.8% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$787 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 Maize-Morse compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 40
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 35%Socioeconomic
- 38%Household composition
- 31%Racial/ethnic minority
- 56%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)
- 47Total filings over 13 yrs
- 2.51%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.1%Peak (2008)
- 2Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 50% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 21Total filings 2020-21
- 0.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.31×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Columbus, OH as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Maize-Morse. 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.
- 9.5%Housing insecurity
- 7.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.6%Food insecurity
- 10.1%SNAP enrollment
- 6.8%Transit barriers
- 7.2%No health insurance
- 15.5%Frequent mental distress
- 30.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Maize-Morse
The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.
Severe burden reaches 19%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8/10.
Cost burden runs 37% here against 41.6% across Franklin County. Court records carry 47 eviction filings across 13 observed years.
Filings peaked in 2008 at 6.1% of renter households. In a typical year about 2.5% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #45,786 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Only 19% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.6/10.
Against average income of $65,139, annual rent is just 14%. It tracks the Franklin County average of 4.4 closely.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 39049007740
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049007740?
Census tract 39049007740 in the Maize-Morse neighborhood scores 4.2/10 (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 39049007740?
Median gross rent is $787/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39049007740?
8.8% of residents in tract 39049007740 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,654.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39049007740?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 38th, minority 31th, housing 56th.
Q5
Is tract 39049007740 considered part of Maize-Morse?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39049007740 fall within Maize-Morse (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049007740?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 47 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39049007740 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.51% of renter households, peaking at 6.1% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 39049007740 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.31× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Columbus eviction risk, OH), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 39049007740 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.5% 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. 7.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 39049007740 compare to Columbus overall?
Tract 39049007740 scores 4.2/10, right in line with 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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