Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Grove City Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 39049009754 · Franklin County, OH · pop 3,131 · 64% of tract blocks fall in Grove City
Census tract 39049009754 covers part of Grove City, OH, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,131. 69% 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 9%
Stable renters 2%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units1,109
Renter share11.1%
SVI overall0.05
Poverty rate9.2%
Median income$146,632
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
17
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
31
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Grove City and the region
Centroid at 39.8439, -83.0348 · click any tract to drill in
Why Grove City scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
9.2% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,380 rent vs county FMR
4.6
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 5
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 7%Socioeconomic
- 37%Household composition
- 22%Racial/ethnic minority
- 5%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 43Total filings 2020-21
- 0.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 7.17×Ratio to 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.
- 7.7%Housing insecurity
- 5.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.7%Food insecurity
- 6.2%SNAP enrollment
- 5.3%Transit barriers
- 5.7%No health insurance
- 16.7%Frequent mental distress
- 22.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Grove City
Cost burden runs 78% here against 41.6% across Franklin County. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1.3/10.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8/10. It sits 1.4 points below the Franklin County average of 4.4.
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.3/10. Food insecurity runs 8.7% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 6.2% against 15.2% nationally.
That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. At 11% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 1.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Rent consumes only 11% of average household income of $146,632, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the OH average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.2 points cooler.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 39049009754
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049009754?
Census tract 39049009754 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 39049009754?
Median gross rent is $1,380/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 78% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39049009754?
9.2% of residents in tract 39049009754 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,131.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39049009754?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 5th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 7th, household 37th, minority 22th, housing 5th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 39049009754 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 7.17× 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.
Q6
What share of households in tract 39049009754 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.7% 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. 5.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 39049009754 compare to Grove City overall?
Tract 39049009754 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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Charleston Ridge
4.5
/ 10 · Moderate
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39049009756
3.9
/ 10 · Low
Tract · OH
39049009712
3.6
/ 10 · Low
Tract · OH
39049009711
3
/ 10 · Low
Tract · OH
39049009751
3
/ 10 · Low
Tract · OH
39049009753
3
/ 10 · Low
Tract · OH
39049009755
3
/ 10 · Low
Tract · OH
39049009757
3
/ 10 · Low
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