Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #48,083 of 84,120 nationally
Merion Village Eviction Risk: Lower , Columbus
Tract 39049005820 · Franklin County, OH · pop 2,397 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
How risky is Merion Village in Columbus for landlords? Census tract 39049005820 scores 5.5/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 56th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 54% of renter households, a severe level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,196 a month while the average household earns $89,680 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. About 45% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units1,161
Renter share44.5%
SVI overall0.54
Poverty rate9.3%
Median income$89,680
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
25
th percentile
Low
Within county
41
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
52
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbus and the region
Centroid at 39.9322, -82.9910 · click any tract to drill in
Why Merion Village scores 3.6
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
9.3% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,196 rent vs county FMR
3.3
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 Merion Village compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 54
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 61%Socioeconomic
- 34%Household composition
- 43%Racial/ethnic minority
- 54%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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
- 93%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)
- 674Total filings over 13 yrs
- 10.54%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.9%Peak (2005)
- 45Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 25% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 205Total filings 2020-21
- 2.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.75×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Columbus, OH as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Merion Village. 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.
- 10.6%Housing insecurity
- 8.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.1%Food insecurity
- 10.0%SNAP enrollment
- 7.4%Transit barriers
- 7.3%No health insurance
- 18.7%Frequent mental distress
- 22.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Merion Village
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 5.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. 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 about the same as 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 predominantly White and ranks around the 54th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
Part of this tract, about 4% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 39049005820
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049005820?
Census tract 39049005820 in the Merion Village neighborhood scores 3.6/10 (Lower 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 39049005820?
Median gross rent is $1,196/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39049005820?
9.3% of residents in tract 39049005820 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,397.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39049005820?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 54th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 34th, minority 43th, housing 54th.
Q5
Is tract 39049005820 considered part of Merion Village?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39049005820 fall within Merion Village (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049005820?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 674 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39049005820 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.54% of renter households, peaking at 14.9% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 39049005820 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.75× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Columbus eviction risk, OH), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 39049005820 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.6% 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. 8.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 39049005820 compare to Columbus overall?
Tract 39049005820 scores 3.6/10, 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 39049005820 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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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