Within parent city
63
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #63,481 of 84,120 nationally
Grove City Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 39049009711 · Franklin County, OH · pop 4,882
How risky is Grove City for landlords? Census tract 39049009711 scores 4.7/10, the Moderate tier. On the national scale it ranks #60,494 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 36% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,163 monthly, set against $71,113 in average yearly household income, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 42% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units1,967
Renter share42.4%
SVI overall0.63
Poverty rate6.0%
Median income$71,113
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
25
th percentile
Low
Within state
31
th percentile
Low
National
25
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Grove City and the region
Centroid at 39.8888, -83.0793 · click any tract to drill in
Why Grove City scores 2.7
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
6.0% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,163 rent vs county FMR
3.0
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: 63
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 59%Socioeconomic
- 79%Household composition
- 29%Racial/ethnic minority
- 58%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)
- 1,048Total filings over 13 yrs
- 11.34%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.5%Peak (2002)
- 91Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 240Total filings 2020-21
- 3.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 5.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.61×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). 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.
- 11.1%Housing insecurity
- 7.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.9%Food insecurity
- 10.7%SNAP enrollment
- 7.9%Transit barriers
- 9.0%No health insurance
- 19.9%Frequent mental distress
- 28.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Grove City
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 3.4/10. 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 Grove City 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 below the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.61x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 39049009711
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049009711?
Census tract 39049009711 in Grove City scores 2.7/10 (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 39049009711?
Median gross rent is $1,163/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39049009711?
6.0% of residents in tract 39049009711 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,882.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39049009711?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 59th, household 79th, minority 29th, housing 58th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049009711?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,048 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39049009711 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.34% of renter households, peaking at 14.5% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 39049009711 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.61× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Columbus eviction risk, OH), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 39049009711 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.1% 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. 7.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 39049009711 compare to Grove City overall?
Tract 39049009711 scores 2.7/10, right in line with the parent city of Grove City at 2.7/10. 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.
Tract · OH
Charleston Ridge
3.9
/ 10 · Low
Tract · OH
39049009756
3.4
/ 10 · Low
Tract · OH
39049009712
3.2
/ 10 · Low
Tract · OH
39049009757
2.7
/ 10 · Low
Tract · OH
39049009754
1.8
/ 10 · Very Low
Tract · OH
39049009753
1.5
/ 10 · Very Low
Tract · OH
39049009755
1.5
/ 10 · Very Low
Tract · OH
39049009751
1.4
/ 10 · Very Low
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