Neighborhood · Columbus, OH

Northcrest Eviction Risk: Moderate

3 census tracts · pop 12,858 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.4/10 · range 3–5.7

Northcrest spans 3 census tracts of Columbus, OH and houses 12,858 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 4.4/10, Moderate tier. Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 3 to 5.7, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk.

The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure, at 2.1/10. roughly one in three of renters spend 30% or more of household income on rent.

17% 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. Court records carry 868 eviction filings across its 3 observed tracts.

Filing activity peaked in 2011 at 4.5% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 2.1% in 2015, is well off that peak.

That places it #78 of 120 neighborhoods in Columbus. Rent takes 19% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market. Average gross rent runs $1,232, close to the Columbus average.

51% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 4.4 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score

4.4

Moderate

3 tracts · population-weighted

Northcrest vs Columbus How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average

% of income on rent

30.2% +5%

Columbus: 28.8%

Average gross rent

$1,232 -5%

Columbus: $1,295

Average HH income

$75,870 +16%

Columbus: $65,327

Poverty rate

14.5% -19%

Columbus: 17.9%

Renter share

51.4% -8%

Columbus: 55.9%

Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Northcrest and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 3 tracts span score 3–5.7

Why Northcrest scores 4.4

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly

State political climate

legislature & governorship · Range 2.4–2.4 across tracts

2.4

Regional political climate

County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 6.6–6.6 across tracts

6.6

Local political climate

Parent city governance · Range 6.5–6.9 across tracts

6.6

Rent control risk

30% of income on rent · Range 1.5–3.8 across tracts

2.1

Eviction process difficulty

State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 1.9–4.5 across tracts

3.8

Tenant organizing strength

51% renter households · Range 4.8–5.5 across tracts

5.3

Housing court bias

County bench composition · Range 3.0–4.0 across tracts

3.7

Economic stress

14.5% below poverty line · Range 1.0–6.4 across tracts

3.6

Supply constraint

Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 2.8–4.3 across tracts

3.6

Risk score comparison

Northcrest vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Northcrest?

Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.

Score distribution

0246810

Spread of 2.7 points from 3 to 5.7. This neighborhood crosses multiple risk tiers, so block-by-block conditions vary substantially.

Tracts as heat grid

5.7 4.0 3.0

Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.

Census tracts

3 tracts in Northcrest

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract↕	Score↕	Pop↕	% over 30% on rent↕	Average rent↕
39049006353	5.7	5,442	34%	$1,121
39049006395	4	3,791	37%	$1,345
39049006340	3	3,625	18%	$1,281

Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 29

Pop-weighted across 3 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 40%ile

Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden

Household characteristics 27%ile

Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+

Racial/ethnic minority 44%ile

Hispanic + non-white share of population

Housing & transport 31%ile

Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle

Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Northcrest

Aggregated across 3 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

868Total filings (sum)
2.50%Avg annual filing rate
4.5%Peak year (2011)
2.16%Latest filed (2015)

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

1,015Total filings 2020-21
4.9Avg monthly observed
1.9Pre-pandemic baseline
2.34×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 Northcrest

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

9.1%Housing insecurity
6.6%Utility shutoff threat
11.5%Food insecurity
8.5%SNAP enrollment
7.0%No health insurance
23.0%Any disability

Frequently asked

About Northcrest

What is the eviction-risk score for Northcrest?

Northcrest scores 4.4/10 (Moderate 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.

How does Northcrest compare to Columbus overall?

Northcrest scores 0.1 points higher than Columbus overall (4.3/10). Renters spend 30% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,232 vs $1,295.

What is the average rent in Northcrest?

Average gross rent in Northcrest is $1,232/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What percentage of Northcrest residents are renters?

51% of Northcrest households are renter-occupied (vs 56% in Columbus). The neighborhood has 12,858 residents.

Is Northcrest a high social-vulnerability area?

Northcrest 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.

Which tracts in Northcrest have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Northcrest is census tract 39049006353 (score 5.7/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 5.7, a spread of 2.7 points.

How safe is Northcrest for landlords?

Northcrest carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.4/10). 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 in line with the citywide level.

What is the demographic breakdown of Northcrest?

Northcrest has 12,976 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (65.6%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (13%), Black (non-Hispanic) (7.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.

Nearby

Other neighborhoods near Northcrest

4 Ravello 3 tracts · pop 16,596 3 River Landings 2 tracts · pop 7,170 5 Knolls West 2 tracts · pop 7,616 3.1 Eastcleft 4 tracts · pop 17,999 3.5 Beechview 3 tracts · pop 14,309 3.1 River Run 2 tracts · pop 13,053

Sibling neighborhoods

Other neighborhoods inside Columbus

Same parent city, ranked by score similarity to Northcrest.

4.4 North-of-Morse 1 tracts · pop 1,250 4.5 Charleston Ridge 2 tracts · pop 8,319 4.5 Eastmoor 2 tracts · pop 5,805 4.5 West Scioto 1 tracts · pop 6,685 4.5 Crestview 1 tracts · pop 4,367 4.3 Bannon 2 tracts · pop 5,309

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