Within parent city
38
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Gahanna Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 39049007305 · Franklin County, OH · pop 5,098 · 83% of tract blocks fall in Gahanna
39049007305 is a census tract in Gahanna, OH. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Population here is 5,098. Cost burden runs 69% here against 41.6% across Franklin County.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units2,362
Renter share34.3%
SVI overall0.33
Poverty rate4.4%
Median income$87,458
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
16
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
31
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Gahanna and the region
Centroid at 40.0420, -82.8598 · click any tract to drill in
Why Gahanna scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Gahanna
6.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.6
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
4.4% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,704 rent vs county FMR
6.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Gahanna
5.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Gahanna
6.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Gahanna
4.5
How Gahanna compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 33
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 17%Socioeconomic
- 82%Household composition
- 36%Racial/ethnic minority
- 32%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 84Total filings 2020-21
- 1.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.95×Ratio to baseline
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
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.
- 6.5%Housing insecurity
- 4.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.2%Food insecurity
- 4.9%SNAP enrollment
- 4.5%Transit barriers
- 4.9%No health insurance
- 13.7%Frequent mental distress
- 23.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Gahanna
Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1.1/10. Severe burden reaches 26%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8/10.
Against the Franklin County average of 4.4, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.4 points. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.1/10.
SNAP participation runs 4.9% against 15.2% nationally. The voucher gap is 17.9%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
Average gross rent is $1,704, 16% above the Gahanna average. Housing insecurity runs 6.5% against 14.2% nationally. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4/10.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 39049007305
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049007305?
Census tract 39049007305 in Gahanna 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 39049007305?
Median gross rent is $1,704/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 69% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39049007305?
4.4% of residents in tract 39049007305 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,098.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39049007305?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 33th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 17th, household 82th, minority 36th, housing 32th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 39049007305 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.95× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Columbus eviction risk, OH), 2020-2021.
Q6
What share of households in tract 39049007305 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.5% 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. 4.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 39049007305 compare to Gahanna overall?
Tract 39049007305 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Gahanna at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Gahanna eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Gahanna
Top eight tracts in Gahanna ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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