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Census Tract · Ranked #50,654 of 84,120 nationally

Grove City Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 39049009756 · Franklin County, OH · pop 2,379 · 69% of tract blocks fall in Grove City

39049009756 is a census tract in Grove City, OH. It scores 3.9/10 for landlords. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1.3/10.

Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22% Stable renters 39% Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units1,173
Renter share61.2%
SVI overall0.43
Poverty rate16.3%
Median income$70,636

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 9 tracts In Grove City
High
Within county
43 th percentile
Rank, 43rd percentileLowHigh
#187 of 328 tracts In Franklin County
Moderate
Within state
51 th percentile
Rank, 51st percentileLowHigh
#1,558 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Moderate
National
40 th percentile
Rank, 40th percentileLowHigh
#50,654 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Grove City and the region

Centroid at 39.8829, -83.0583 · click any tract to drill in

Why Grove City scores 3.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
16.3% poverty · this tract
4.1
Supply constraint
$1,127 rent vs county FMR
2.8
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.
Grove City risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.9This tracttract 0097563.4Grove Cityparent city4.4Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 43

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 271Total filings 2020-21
  • 3.5Avg monthly (observed)
  • 1.8Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.96×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Grove City

18% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8/10.

Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.4/10. 36% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Franklin County average of 41.6%.

At $1,127 a month, rents run 15% under what the rest of Grove City commands. That is riskier than roughly 40% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Franklin County average of 4.4 closely.

Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $70,636. 61% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 39049009756

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049009756?

Census tract 39049009756 in Grove City scores 3.9/10 (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 39049009756?

Median gross rent is $1,127/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39049009756?

16.3% of residents in tract 39049009756 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,379.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39049009756?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 43th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 58th, household 3th, minority 38th, housing 77th.
Q5

Did eviction filings in tract 39049009756 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.96× 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 39049009756 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.9% 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. 9.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 39049009756 compare to Grove City overall?

Tract 39049009756 scores 3.9/10, higher 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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