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Census Tract · Ranked #56,048 of 84,120 nationally

Grove City Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 39049009712 · Franklin County, OH · pop 2,825

Census tract 39049009712 covers part of Grove City, OH, and scores 3.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,825 residents. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1.3/10.

Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13% Stable renters 27% Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units1,209
Renter share39.5%
SVI overall0.42
Poverty rate13.1%
Median income$71,103

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 9 tracts In Grove City
High
Within county
38 th percentile
Rank, 38th percentileLowHigh
#204 of 328 tracts In Franklin County
Low
Within state
44 th percentile
Rank, 44th percentileLowHigh
#1,761 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Moderate
National
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#56,048 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Grove City and the region

Centroid at 39.8800, -83.0758 · click any tract to drill in

Why Grove City scores 3.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Grove City
6.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.6
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
13.1% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$1,213 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Grove City
1.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Grove City
3.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Grove City
2.7

How Grove City compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Grove City risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.6This tracttract 0097123.4Grove Cityparent city4.4Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 42

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 220Total filings over 13 yrs
  • 4.84%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.4%Peak (2010)
  • 19Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 39049009712
Filings climbed 27% over the past 13 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 82Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.1Avg monthly (observed)
  • 1.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.08×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Grove City

32% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Franklin County average of 41.6%. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.4/10.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 220 filings here across 13 tracked years. Against the Franklin County average of 4.4, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points.

Filings peaked in 2010 at 6.4% of renter households. Average gross rent is $1,213, 9% below the Grove City average.

In a typical year about 4.8% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 33% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 4.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $71,103. 39% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 39049009712

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049009712?

Census tract 39049009712 in Grove City 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 39049009712?

Median gross rent is $1,213/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39049009712?

13.1% of residents in tract 39049009712 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,825.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39049009712?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 42th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 34th, minority 6th, housing 47th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049009712?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 220 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39049009712 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.84% of renter households, peaking at 6.4% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 39049009712 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.08× 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 39049009712 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.8% 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. 7.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 39049009712 compare to Grove City overall?

Tract 39049009712 scores 3.6/10, right in line with the parent city of Grove City at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Grove City eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Grove City

Top eight tracts in Grove City ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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