Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #48,083 of 84,120 nationally
Whitehall Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 39049009251 · Franklin County, OH · pop 1,331
In Whitehall, census tract 39049009251 scores $1/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 74% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 55% of renter households, a severe level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,077 a month against an average household income of $52,962 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 93% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 51%
Stable renters 42%
Owners 7%
Tract context
Occupied units489
Renter share92.8%
SVI overall0.71
Poverty rate1.8%
Median income$52,962
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
41
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
52
th percentile
Moderate
National
43
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Whitehall and the region
Centroid at 39.9798, -82.8860 · click any tract to drill in
Why Whitehall scores 3.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Whitehall
6.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.6
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
1.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,077 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Whitehall
7.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Whitehall
9.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Whitehall
7.6
How Whitehall compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 71
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 61%Socioeconomic
- 70%Household composition
- 91%Racial/ethnic minority
- 59%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 865Total filings 2020-21
- 11.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 18.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.60×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.
- 28.3%Housing insecurity
- 22.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 36.0%Food insecurity
- 34.2%SNAP enrollment
- 18.7%Transit barriers
- 14.0%No health insurance
- 24.0%Frequent mental distress
- 35.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Whitehall
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.6/10. 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 Whitehall, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above 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.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of A ("Best"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 71st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 39049009251
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049009251?
Census tract 39049009251 in Whitehall scores 3.6/10 (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 39049009251?
Median gross rent is $1,077/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39049009251?
1.8% of residents in tract 39049009251 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,331.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39049009251?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 71th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 70th, minority 91th, housing 59th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 39049009251 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.60× 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.
Q6
What share of households in tract 39049009251 struggle to pay rent?
About 28.3% 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. 22.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 39049009251 compare to Whitehall overall?
Tract 39049009251 scores 3.6/10, higher than the parent city of Whitehall at 3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Whitehall; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 39049009251 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Whitehall
Top eight tracts in Whitehall ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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