Neighborhood · Ranked #22,681 of 84,120 nationally

Salem Eviction Risk: Moderate , Columbus

Tract 39049006921 · Franklin County, OH · pop 3,811 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Tract 39049006921 sits in the Salem area of Columbus eviction risk, OH, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.6/10. It is home to 3,811 residents. The severe-burden share is 30%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score

5.6

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 30% Stable renters 27% Owners 43%

Tract context

Occupied units1,631

Renter share56.7%

SVI overall0.92

Poverty rate20.3%

Median income$55,938

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Columbus and the region

Centroid at 40.0821, -82.9957 · click any tract to drill in

Why Salem scores 5.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

20.3% poverty · this tract

5.1

Supply constraint

$1,064 rent vs county FMR

2.4

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 Salem compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 92

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

85%Socioeconomic
89%Household composition
62%Racial/ethnic minority
90%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
0%Grade C
0%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)

2,390Total filings over 13 yrs
24.55%Avg annual filing rate
32.9%Peak (2013)
233Filings in 2015 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2002 to 2015

Filings climbed 52% over the past 13 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

1,148Total filings 2020-21
14.9Avg monthly (observed)
19.9Pre-pandemic baseline
0.75×Ratio to baseline

Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01

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 Salem. 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.

18.5%Housing insecurity
14.1%Utility-shutoff threat
24.4%Food insecurity
21.8%SNAP enrollment
12.9%Transit barriers
12.2%No health insurance
21.7%Frequent mental distress
32.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Salem

The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10. Cost burden runs 53% here against 41.6% across Franklin County. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8/10.

It sits 1.2 points above the Franklin County average of 4.4. Running cool, state political climate reads 2.4/10. The poverty rate is 20%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

At $1,064 a month, rents run 18% under what the rest of Columbus commands. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 2,390 filings here across 13 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2013 at 32.9% of renter households.

This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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. In a typical year about 24.5% of renter households face a filing.

That is riskier than roughly 73% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 9.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the OH average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 39049006921

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049006921?

Census tract 39049006921 in the Salem neighborhood scores 5.6/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 39049006921?

Median gross rent is $1,064/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 39049006921?

20.3% of residents in tract 39049006921 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,811.

How socially vulnerable is tract 39049006921?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 89th, minority 62th, housing 90th.

Is tract 39049006921 considered part of Salem?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39049006921 fall within Salem (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049006921?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 2,390 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39049006921 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 24.55% of renter households, peaking at 32.9% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Did eviction filings in tract 39049006921 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.

What share of households in tract 39049006921 struggle to pay rent?

About 18.5% 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. 14.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 39049006921 compare to Columbus overall?

Tract 39049006921 scores 5.6/10, 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.

Q10

Was tract 39049006921 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. 0% 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Columbus

Top eight tracts in Columbus ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

Eviction Lab tract-level court records (2000-2018) and Eviction Tracking System, Princeton University. Open Data Commons Attribution license. evictionlab.org