Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #68,306 of 84,120 nationally
Gahanna Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 39049007425 · Franklin County, OH · pop 2,523 · 94% of tract blocks fall in Gahanna
How risky is Gahanna for landlords? Census tract 39049007425 scores 5.7/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 64th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 46% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,162 monthly, set against $101,473 in average yearly household income, roughly 14% of income at the averages. Renters make up 33% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units1,127
Renter share32.6%
SVI overall0.16
Poverty rate9.9%
Median income$101,473
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
19
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
24
th percentile
Low
National
19
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Gahanna and the region
Centroid at 40.0159, -82.8862 · click any tract to drill in
Why Gahanna scores 2.4
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
9.9% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,162 rent vs county FMR
3.0
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: 16
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 22%Socioeconomic
- 20%Household composition
- 30%Racial/ethnic minority
- 22%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)
- 374Total filings over 13 yrs
- 7.42%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.7%Peak (2007)
- 21Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 50% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 81Total filings 2020-21
- 1.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.66×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). 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.
- 9.2%Housing insecurity
- 6.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.8%Food insecurity
- 8.4%SNAP enrollment
- 6.4%Transit barriers
- 6.5%No health insurance
- 16.9%Frequent mental distress
- 25.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Gahanna
What moves this score most 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 about the same as the Franklin County average of 5.4 and above the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 9.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.66x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 39049007425
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049007425?
Census tract 39049007425 in Gahanna scores 2.4/10 (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 39049007425?
Median gross rent is $1,162/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39049007425?
9.9% of residents in tract 39049007425 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,523.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39049007425?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 16th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 22th, household 20th, minority 30th, housing 22th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049007425?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 374 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39049007425 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.42% of renter households, peaking at 15.7% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 39049007425 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.66× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Columbus eviction risk, OH), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 39049007425 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.2% 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. 6.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 39049007425 compare to Gahanna overall?
Tract 39049007425 scores 2.4/10, right in line with 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
39049007427
2.2
/ 10 · Low
Tract · OH
39049007492
2.1
/ 10 · Low
Tract · OH
39049007305
2.1
/ 10 · Low
Tract · OH
39049007426
2
/ 10 · Low
Tract · OH
39049007424
2
/ 10 · Low
Tract · OH
Easton
1.9
/ 10 · Very Low
Tract · OH
39049007394
1.3
/ 10 · Very Low
Tract · OH
39049007306
1.2
/ 10 · Very Low
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