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Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Grove City Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 39049009751 · Franklin County, OH · pop 6,571 · 56% of tract blocks fall in Grove City

Tract 39049009751 sits in Grove City eviction risk, OH, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. It is home to 6,571 residents. 38% 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
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11% Stable renters 6% Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units2,516
Renter share16.7%
SVI overall0.13
Poverty rate1.9%
Median income$127,368

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 9 tracts In Grove City
Moderate
Within county
18 th percentile
Rank, 18th percentileLowHigh
#268 of 328 tracts In Franklin County
Very Low
Within state
31 th percentile
Rank, 31st percentileLowHigh
#2,197 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Low
National
20 th percentile
Rank, 20th percentileLowHigh
#67,219 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Grove City and the region

Centroid at 39.8388, -83.0945 · click any tract to drill in

Why Grove City scores 3

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
1.9% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,529 rent vs county FMR
5.6
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 / state3.0This tracttract 0097513.4Grove Cityparent city4.4Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 13

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)

  • 138Total filings over 13 yrs
  • 6.64%Avg annual filing rate
  • 26.7%Peak (2002)
  • 19Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 39049009751
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 13 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 154Total filings 2020-21
  • 2.0Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.8Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 2.57×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Grove City

Cost burden runs around two-thirds here against 41.6% across Franklin County. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.3/10.

Against the Franklin County average of 4.4, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.4 points. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8/10.

Food insecurity runs 7.9% against 17.8% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 138 evictions over 13 years of observation. Average gross rent is $1,529, 15% above the Grove City average.

Housing insecurity runs 6.9% against 14.2% nationally. Filings peaked in 2002 at 26.7% of renter households.

In a typical year about 6.6% of renter households face a filing.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 39049009751

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049009751?

Census tract 39049009751 in Grove City scores 3/10 (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 39049009751?

Median gross rent is $1,529/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39049009751?

1.9% of residents in tract 39049009751 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,571.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39049009751?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 13th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 3th, household 54th, minority 18th, housing 30th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049009751?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 138 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39049009751 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.64% of renter households, peaking at 26.7% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 39049009751 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 2.57× 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 39049009751 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.9% 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. 4.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 39049009751 compare to Grove City overall?

Tract 39049009751 scores 3/10, lower than 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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