Within parent city
68
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally
Columbus Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 39049009337 · Franklin County, OH · pop 4,235
Census tract 39049009337 covers part of Columbus, OH, and scores 5.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,235 residents. 28% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 36%
Tract context
Occupied units1,704
Renter share64.6%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate22.7%
Median income$46,159
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
98
th percentile
Very High
Within state
89
th percentile
High
National
74
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbus and the region
Centroid at 39.9211, -82.9106 · 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
22.7% poverty · this tract
5.7
Supply constraint
$955 rent vs county FMR
1.6
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: 92
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 88%Socioeconomic
- 95%Household composition
- 91%Racial/ethnic minority
- 70%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)
- 1,806Total filings over 13 yrs
- 14.94%Avg annual filing rate
- 18.0%Peak (2011)
- 137Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 572Total filings 2020-21
- 7.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 9.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.79×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below 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.
- 28.2%Housing insecurity
- 22.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 36.8%Food insecurity
- 35.8%SNAP enrollment
- 18.4%Transit barriers
- 13.6%No health insurance
- 22.3%Frequent mental distress
- 36.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Columbus
SNAP participation runs 35.8% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 36.8% against 17.8% nationally.
Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.6/10.
51% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Franklin County average of 41.6%. Average gross rent is $955, 26% below the Columbus average. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8/10.
It sits 1.3 points above the Franklin County average of 4.4. The poverty rate is 23%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
The filing record is not thin: 1,806 evictions over 13 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2011, when 18.0% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 14.9% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 74% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 39049009337
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049009337?
Census tract 39049009337 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 39049009337?
Median gross rent is $955/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39049009337?
22.7% of residents in tract 39049009337 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,235.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39049009337?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 95th, minority 91th, housing 70th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049009337?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,806 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39049009337 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.94% of renter households, peaking at 18.0% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 39049009337 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.79× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Columbus eviction risk, OH), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 39049009337 struggle to pay rent?
About 28.2% 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. 22.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 39049009337 compare to Columbus overall?
Tract 39049009337 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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