Within parent city
8
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #58,384 of 84,120 nationally
Columbus Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 39049007205 · Franklin County, OH · pop 6,256 · 78% of tract blocks fall in Columbus
How risky is Columbus for landlords? Census tract 39049007205 scores 4.7/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 28% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 21% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 6% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,815 a month against an average household income of $92,361 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. About 56% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 44%
Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units3,529
Renter share55.9%
SVI overall0.02
Poverty rate2.9%
Median income$92,361
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
28
th percentile
Low
Within state
39
th percentile
Low
National
31
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbus and the region
Centroid at 40.1025, -82.8249 · click any tract to drill in
Why Columbus scores 3
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
2.9% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,815 rent vs county FMR
7.6
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 Columbus compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 2
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 6%Socioeconomic
- 2%Household composition
- 43%Racial/ethnic minority
- 12%Housing & transportation
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)
- 146Total filings over 13 yrs
- 3.74%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.6%Peak (2013)
- 17Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 325% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 590Total filings 2020-21
- 7.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 6.23×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Columbus, OH as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 8.0%Housing insecurity
- 5.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.0%Food insecurity
- 5.2%SNAP enrollment
- 5.4%Transit barriers
- 5.7%No health insurance
- 17.4%Frequent mental distress
- 18.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Columbus
The heaviest input here is supply constraint at 7.6/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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 below the Franklin County average of 5.4 and below the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 146 eviction filings here over 13 tracked years, with about 3.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 1.6% of renter households in 2013.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 2nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 39049007205
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049007205?
Census tract 39049007205 in Columbus scores 3/10 (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 39049007205?
Median gross rent is $1,815/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 21% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39049007205?
2.9% of residents in tract 39049007205 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,256.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39049007205?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 2th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 2th, minority 43th, housing 12th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049007205?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 146 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39049007205 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.74% of renter households, peaking at 1.6% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 39049007205 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 6.23× 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 39049007205 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.0% 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. 5.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 39049007205 compare to Columbus overall?
Tract 39049007205 scores 3/10, right in line with 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.
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