Within parent city
73
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally
Columbus Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 39049008813 · Franklin County, OH · pop 2,216
39049008813 is a census tract in Columbus, OH. It scores 5.7/10 for landlords. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units913
Renter share40.5%
SVI overall0.74
Poverty rate25.3%
Median income$54,583
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
84
th percentile
High
Within state
89
th percentile
High
National
74
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbus and the region
Centroid at 39.8965, -82.9549 · click any tract to drill in
Why Columbus scores 5.7
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
25.3% poverty · this tract
6.3
Supply constraint
$1,236 rent vs county FMR
3.6
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: 74
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 70%Socioeconomic
- 83%Household composition
- 87%Racial/ethnic minority
- 45%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)
- 301Total filings over 13 yrs
- 8.80%Avg annual filing rate
- 13.8%Peak (2010)
- 28Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 115% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 274Total filings 2020-21
- 3.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.61×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.
- 22.0%Housing insecurity
- 17.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 28.8%Food insecurity
- 26.3%SNAP enrollment
- 14.4%Transit barriers
- 11.2%No health insurance
- 19.8%Frequent mental distress
- 35.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Columbus
Cost burden runs 52% here against 41.6% across Franklin County. Severe burden reaches 19%. 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. The poverty rate is 25%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Against the Franklin County average of 4.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points.
SNAP participation runs 26.3% against 15.2% nationally. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.4/10.
The filing record is not thin: 301 evictions over 13 years of observation. Housing insecurity runs 22.0% against 14.2% nationally. Filings peaked in 2010 at 13.8% of renter households.
In a typical year about 8.8% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 39049008813
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049008813?
Census tract 39049008813 in Columbus scores 5.7/10 (Moderate 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 39049008813?
Median gross rent is $1,236/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39049008813?
25.3% of residents in tract 39049008813 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,216.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39049008813?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 70th, household 83th, minority 87th, housing 45th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049008813?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 301 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39049008813 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.80% of renter households, peaking at 13.8% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 39049008813 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.61× 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 39049008813 struggle to pay rent?
About 22.0% 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. 17.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 39049008813 compare to Columbus overall?
Tract 39049008813 scores 5.7/10, higher than the parent city of Columbus at 4.3/10. 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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