1 census tracts · pop 3,339 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10
· range 3–3
Whetstone is a one-tract neighborhood of Columbus, OH and houses 3,339 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 3/10, placing it in the Lower tier. The main counterweight is economic stress, at 1/10.
about one in five of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, lower than the Columbus rate of 28.8%. Well under the midpoint is rent-regulation exposure, at 1.5/10.
The severe-burden share is 17%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 4.7% of adults, against 14.2% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 47 evictions logged in this tract.
Disability prevalence reaches 19.1% against a 31.5% national average, which raises the odds a reasonable-accommodation request accompanies any dispute. The worst year on record was 2003, when filings touched 2.7% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 1.5% in 2015, is well off that peak.
Among the 120 mapped neighborhoods of Columbus, it ranks #110 by risk, the lower third. Only 17% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin here; price renewals off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
The closest comparables inside the same city are Italian Village and Walhalla Park Place. Rent takes 12% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market. Poverty sits at 3%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
Average gross rent runs $1,225, close to the Columbus average.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 3/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
3
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Whetstone vs ColumbusHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority12%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport23%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Whetstone
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
47Total filings (sum)
1.40%Avg annual filing rate
2.7%Peak year (2003)
1.47%Latest filed (2015)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
15Total filings 2020-21
0.2Avg monthly observed
0.2Pre-pandemic baseline
1.07×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Columbus, OH).
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Whetstone
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
4.7%Housing insecurity
3.7%Utility shutoff threat
4.9%Food insecurity
3.2%SNAP enrollment
3.7%No health insurance
19.1%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Whetstone
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Whetstone?
Whetstone scores 3/10 (Lower tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Whetstone compare to Columbus overall?
Whetstone scores 1.3 points lower than Columbus overall (4.3/10). Renters spend 20% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,225 vs $1,295.
Q3
What is the average rent in Whetstone?
Average gross rent in Whetstone is $1,225/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 20% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Whetstone residents are renters?
17% of Whetstone households are renter-occupied (vs 56% in Columbus). The neighborhood has 3,339 residents.
Q5
Is Whetstone a high social-vulnerability area?
Whetstone sits in the 9th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Whetstone for landlords?
Whetstone carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Columbus as a whole (4.3/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Whetstone?
Whetstone has 3,307 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (91.4%), Other / Multiracial (3.1%), Black (non-Hispanic) (2.7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
