Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally
Red Brick District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Columbus
Tract 39049004002 · Franklin County, OH · pop 2,452 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Census tract 39049004002 covers part of the Red Brick District area of Columbus, OH, and scores 4.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,452 residents. 83% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 35%
Stable renters 48%
Owners 17%
Tract context
Occupied units2,250
Renter share82.8%
SVI overall0.31
Poverty rate13.7%
Median income$63,676
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
55
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
66
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbus and the region
Centroid at 39.9570, -82.9983 · click any tract to drill in
Why Red Brick District scores 4.7
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
13.7% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$1,404 rent vs county FMR
4.7
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 Red Brick District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 31
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 42%Socioeconomic
- 1%Household composition
- 60%Racial/ethnic minority
- 71%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
- 0%Grade C
- 12%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 843Total filings 2020-21
- 11.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 3.63×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Columbus, OH as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
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.
- 11.1%Housing insecurity
- 8.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.4%Food insecurity
- 10.2%SNAP enrollment
- 7.9%Transit barriers
- 7.9%No health insurance
- 17.5%Frequent mental distress
- 22.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Red Brick District
The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10. The severe-burden share is 19%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.4/10.
At $1,404 a month, rents run 8% over what the rest of Columbus commands. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Columbus. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. On the national scale it lands near the 55th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.8/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
Rent takes 30% or more of income for 42% of renters. It tracks the Franklin County average of 4.4 closely.
Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $63,676.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 39049004002
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049004002?
Census tract 39049004002 in the Red Brick District neighborhood scores 4.7/10 (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 39049004002?
Median gross rent is $1,404/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39049004002?
13.7% of residents in tract 39049004002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,452.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39049004002?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 42th, household 1th, minority 60th, housing 71th.
Q5
Is tract 39049004002 considered part of Red Brick District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39049004002 fall within Red Brick District (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 39049004002 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 3.63× 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.
Q7
What share of households in tract 39049004002 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.1% 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. 8.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 39049004002 compare to Columbus overall?
Tract 39049004002 scores 4.7/10, higher than 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.
Q9
Was tract 39049004002 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 12% 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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