Within parent city
13
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #80,791 of 84,120 nationally
Gahanna Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 39049007394 · Franklin County, OH · pop 3,571 · 14% of tract blocks fall in Gahanna
With a score of 4.4/10, tract 39049007394 in Gahanna ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 3,571 residents. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 0% of renter households, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,443 a month against an average household income of $193,846 a year, roughly 9% of income at the averages. Renters make up 9% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units1,256
Renter share9.4%
SVI overall0.02
Poverty rate4.1%
Median income$193,846
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
8
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
5
th percentile
Very Low
National
4
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Gahanna and the region
Centroid at 40.0368, -82.8099 · click any tract to drill in
Why Gahanna scores 1.3
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
4.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,443 rent vs county FMR
5.0
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: 2
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 4%Socioeconomic
- 8%Household composition
- 33%Racial/ethnic minority
- 6%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)
- 15Total filings over 11 yrs
- 2.52%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.8%Peak (2002)
- 2Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 100% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 11Total filings 2020-21
- 0.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.83×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.
- 5.7%Housing insecurity
- 4.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.2%Food insecurity
- 4.1%SNAP enrollment
- 4.1%Transit barriers
- 4.0%No health insurance
- 13.6%Frequent mental distress
- 19.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Gahanna
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 6.6/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Gahanna 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 15 eviction filings here over 11 tracked years, with about 2.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.8% of renter households in 2002.
In CDC survey modeling, about 5.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 39049007394
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049007394?
Census tract 39049007394 in Gahanna scores 1.3/10 (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 39049007394?
Median gross rent is $1,443/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 0% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39049007394?
4.1% of residents in tract 39049007394 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,571.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39049007394?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 2th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 8th, minority 33th, housing 6th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049007394?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 15 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 39049007394 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.52% of renter households, peaking at 4.8% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 39049007394 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.83× 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 39049007394 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.7% 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. 4.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 39049007394 compare to Gahanna overall?
Tract 39049007394 scores 1.3/10, lower than the parent city of Gahanna at 2.4/10. 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.
Tract · OH
39049007425
2.4
/ 10 · Low
Tract · OH
39049007427
2.2
/ 10 · Low
Tract · OH
39049007305
2.1
/ 10 · Low
Tract · OH
39049007492
2.1
/ 10 · Low
Tract · OH
39049007424
2
/ 10 · Low
Tract · OH
39049007426
2
/ 10 · Low
Tract · OH
Easton
1.9
/ 10 · Very Low
Tract · OH
39049007306
1.2
/ 10 · Very Low
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