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Neighborhood · Columbus, OH

Summit Plain Eviction Risk: Moderate

1 census tracts · pop 4,146 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4/10 · range 4–4

Summit Plain maps to a single census tract in Columbus, OH and houses 4,146 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 4/10, in the Moderate tier. 88% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building two streets over.

Pulling the other way is rent-regulation exposure, at 1.5/10. Running cool is economic stress, at 1.6/10.

31% of renters spend 30% or more of household income on rent. Disability prevalence reaches 15.9% against a 31.5% national average, which raises the odds a reasonable-accommodation request accompanies any dispute.

12% 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 for this tract carry 365 eviction filings.

The worst year on record was 2005, when filings touched 3.5% of renter households. On the softer side is supply constraint, at 3/10. Average gross rent is $1,150, 11% below the Columbus average of $1,295.

4.9% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt. The most recent observed rate, 0.9% in 2015, is well off that peak.

Among the 120 mapped neighborhoods of Columbus, it ranks #88 by risk, the lower third. For a like-for-like read, Victorian Village and Olde Towne East score within a fraction of it.

Poverty sits at 6%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

One tract means one number: 4/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score
4
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Summit Plain vs Columbus How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
31.0% +8%
Columbus: 28.8%
Average gross rent
$1,150 -11%
Columbus: $1,295
Average HH income
$60,850 -7%
Columbus: $65,327
Poverty rate
6.4% -64%
Columbus: 17.9%
Renter share
88.0% +58%
Columbus: 55.9%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Summit Plain and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 4–4

Why Summit Plain scores 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 6.5–6.5 across tracts
6.5
Rent control risk
31% of income on rent · Range 1.5–1.5 across tracts
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 4.5–4.5 across tracts
4.5
Tenant organizing strength
88% renter households · Range 5.5–5.5 across tracts
5.5
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 4.0–4.0 across tracts
4.0
Economic stress
6.4% below poverty line · Range 1.6–1.6 across tracts
1.6
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 3.0–3.0 across tracts
3.0
Risk score comparison

Summit Plain vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Summit Plain score vs. parent city, state, U.S.4.0Summit PlainNeighborhood4.3Parent cityhost city4.0Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

1 tracts in Summit Plain

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

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
39049001902 4 4,146 31% $1,150
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 17

Pop-weighted across 1 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 32%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 1%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 24%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 59%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Summit Plain

Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 365Total filings (sum)
  • 2.23%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.5%Peak year (2005)
  • 0.89%Latest filed (2015)

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 131Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.7Avg monthly observed
  • 1.5Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.15×Ratio to baseline

Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Columbus, OH).

CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Summit Plain

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

Frequently asked

About Summit Plain

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Summit Plain?

Summit Plain scores 4/10 (Moderate tier) across 1 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.
Q2

How does Summit Plain compare to Columbus overall?

Summit Plain scores 0.3 points lower than Columbus overall (4.3/10). Renters spend 31% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,150 vs $1,295.
Q3

What is the average rent in Summit Plain?

Average gross rent in Summit Plain is $1,150/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Summit Plain residents are renters?

88% of Summit Plain households are renter-occupied (vs 56% in Columbus). The neighborhood has 4,146 residents.
Q5

Is Summit Plain a high social-vulnerability area?

Summit Plain sits in the 17th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

How safe is Summit Plain for landlords?

Summit Plain carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4/10). Pop-weighted across 1 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.
Q7

What is the demographic breakdown of Summit Plain?

Summit Plain has 4,213 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (87.2%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (3.7%), Hispanic / Latino (3.4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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