Within parent city
39
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #37,643 of 84,120 nationally
Columbus Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 39049009311 · Franklin County, OH · pop 2,856
Census tract 39049009311 belongs to Columbus, Ohio. It is home to 2,856 residents and scores 5.5/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than about 56% of US census tracts.
About 46% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,224 a month against an average household income of $61,528 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. About 32% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units1,206
Renter share31.9%
SVI overall0.67
Poverty rate11.9%
Median income$61,528
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
56
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
64
th percentile
Elevated
National
55
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbus and the region
Centroid at 39.9498, -82.8644 · click any tract to drill in
Why Columbus scores 4.2
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
11.9% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$1,224 rent vs county FMR
3.5
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: 67
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 73%Socioeconomic
- 66%Household composition
- 75%Racial/ethnic minority
- 39%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)
- 881Total filings over 13 yrs
- 14.58%Avg annual filing rate
- 22.2%Peak (2013)
- 120Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 122% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 876Total filings 2020-21
- 11.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 9.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.25×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near 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.
- 19.3%Housing insecurity
- 14.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 22.3%Food insecurity
- 18.3%SNAP enrollment
- 11.7%Transit barriers
- 10.1%No health insurance
- 20.0%Frequent mental distress
- 28.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Columbus
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 5.5/10. 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 Columbus 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.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 1.25x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, roughly back to the pre-pandemic baseline.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 67th 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, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 39049009311
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049009311?
Census tract 39049009311 in Columbus scores 4.2/10 (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 39049009311?
Median gross rent is $1,224/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39049009311?
11.9% of residents in tract 39049009311 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,856.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39049009311?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 66th, minority 75th, housing 39th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049009311?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 881 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39049009311 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.58% of renter households, peaking at 22.2% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 39049009311 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.25× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Columbus eviction risk, OH), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 39049009311 struggle to pay rent?
About 19.3% 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. 14.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 39049009311 compare to Columbus overall?
Tract 39049009311 scores 4.2/10, higher than the parent city of Columbus at 3.1/10. 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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