Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #58,384 of 84,120 nationally
Walhalla Park Place Eviction Risk: Lower , Columbus
Tract 39049000420 · Franklin County, OH · pop 3,516 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Census tract 39049000420 covers the Walhalla Park Place neighborhood of Columbus, home to 3,516 residents. For landlords it grades $1/10, a moderate reading. That is riskier than about 38% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 36% of renter households, a high level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,173 a month against an average household income of $100,556 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. About 25% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units1,584
Renter share25.4%
SVI overall0.03
Poverty rate4.7%
Median income$100,556
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
8
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
28
th percentile
Low
Within state
39
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbus and the region
Centroid at 40.0277, -83.0063 · click any tract to drill in
Why Walhalla Park Place scores 3
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
4.7% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,173 rent vs county FMR
3.1
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 Walhalla Park Place compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 3
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 9%Socioeconomic
- 5%Household composition
- 14%Racial/ethnic minority
- 15%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 29%Grade A
- 58%Grade B
- 13%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 73Total filings over 13 yrs
- 1.22%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.3%Peak (2004)
- 1Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 88% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 15Total filings 2020-21
- 0.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.94×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Columbus, OH as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
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.
- 5.9%Housing insecurity
- 4.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.1%Food insecurity
- 4.1%SNAP enrollment
- 4.1%Transit barriers
- 4.6%No health insurance
- 14.9%Frequent mental distress
- 17.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Walhalla Park Place
The score leans hardest on 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 below the Franklin County average of 5.4 and in line with the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 3rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 73 eviction filings here over 13 tracked years, with about 1.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 2.3% of renter households in 2004.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 39049000420
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049000420?
Census tract 39049000420 in the Walhalla Park Place neighborhood 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 39049000420?
Median gross rent is $1,173/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39049000420?
4.7% of residents in tract 39049000420 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,516.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39049000420?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 3th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 9th, household 5th, minority 14th, housing 15th.
Q5
Is tract 39049000420 considered part of Walhalla Park Place?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39049000420 fall within Walhalla Park Place (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049000420?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 73 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39049000420 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.22% of renter households, peaking at 2.3% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 39049000420 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.94× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Columbus eviction risk, OH), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 39049000420 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.9% 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. 4.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 39049000420 compare to Columbus overall?
Tract 39049000420 scores 3/10, right in line with 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.
Q10
Was tract 39049000420 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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