Within parent city
38
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Gahanna Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 39049007424 · Franklin County, OH · pop 6,547 · 42% of tract blocks fall in Gahanna
Census tract 39049007424 covers part of Gahanna, OH, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 6,547 residents. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1.5/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units2,237
Renter share25.8%
SVI overall0.43
Poverty rate5.9%
Median income$98,365
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
12
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
31
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Gahanna and the region
Centroid at 40.0222, -82.9016 · click any tract to drill in
Why Gahanna scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Gahanna
6.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.6
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
5.9% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,488 rent vs county FMR
5.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Gahanna
5.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Gahanna
6.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Gahanna
4.5
How Gahanna compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 43
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 16%Socioeconomic
- 73%Household composition
- 58%Racial/ethnic minority
- 57%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 504Total filings over 13 yrs
- 5.69%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.4%Peak (2009)
- 39Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 34% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 432Total filings 2020-21
- 5.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 2.02×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.
- 11.2%Housing insecurity
- 7.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.1%Food insecurity
- 9.6%SNAP enrollment
- 7.3%Transit barriers
- 7.8%No health insurance
- 17.5%Frequent mental distress
- 25.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Gahanna
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8/10. Against the Franklin County average of 4.4, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.4 points.
On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.1/10. The severe-burden share is 14%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Court records carry 504 eviction filings across 13 observed years.
Filings peaked in 2009 at 9.4% of renter households. In a typical year about 5.7% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Social vulnerability reads 4.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the OH average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.2 points cooler. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.
Poverty sits at 6%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. 38% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 39049007424
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049007424?
Census tract 39049007424 in Gahanna 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 39049007424?
Median gross rent is $1,488/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39049007424?
5.9% of residents in tract 39049007424 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,547.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39049007424?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 43th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 73th, minority 58th, housing 57th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049007424?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 504 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39049007424 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.69% of renter households, peaking at 9.4% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 39049007424 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 2.02× 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 39049007424 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.2% 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. 7.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 39049007424 compare to Gahanna overall?
Tract 39049007424 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Gahanna at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Gahanna eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Gahanna
Top eight tracts in Gahanna ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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