Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally
Westgate Eviction Risk: Moderate , Columbus
Tract 39049004620 · Franklin County, OH · pop 2,893 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
39049004620 is a census tract in the Westgate area of Columbus, OH. It scores 5.7/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,893 residents. Severe burden reaches 25%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 45%
Tract context
Occupied units856
Renter share55.7%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate29.7%
Median income$54,239
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
98
th percentile
Very High
Within county
71
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbus and the region
Centroid at 39.9497, -83.0738 · click any tract to drill in
Why Westgate scores 5.7
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
29.7% poverty · this tract
7.4
Supply constraint
$1,169 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 Westgate compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 88
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 96%Socioeconomic
- 89%Household composition
- 61%Racial/ethnic minority
- 49%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.
- 0%Grade A
- 58%Grade B
- 37%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)
- 1,132Total filings over 13 yrs
- 17.96%Avg annual filing rate
- 23.6%Peak (2013)
- 97Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 28% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 486Total filings 2020-21
- 6.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 8.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.79×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Columbus, OH as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Westgate. 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.
- 25.1%Housing insecurity
- 20.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 36.3%Food insecurity
- 36.8%SNAP enrollment
- 18.6%Transit barriers
- 17.5%No health insurance
- 24.6%Frequent mental distress
- 39.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Westgate
Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10. The poverty rate is 30%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
51% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Franklin County average of 41.6%. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8/10.
It sits 1.3 points above the Franklin County average of 4.4. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 20.8% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Housing insecurity runs 25.1% against 14.2% nationally.
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.4/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,132 filings here across 13 tracked years.
At $1,169 a month, rents run 10% under what the rest of Columbus commands. Filings peaked in 2013 at 23.6% of renter households. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Columbus. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
In a typical year about 18.0% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #21,564 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 39049004620
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049004620?
Census tract 39049004620 in the Westgate neighborhood scores 5.7/10 (Moderate 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 39049004620?
Median gross rent is $1,169/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39049004620?
29.7% of residents in tract 39049004620 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,893.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39049004620?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 89th, minority 61th, housing 49th.
Q5
Is tract 39049004620 considered part of Westgate?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39049004620 fall within Westgate (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049004620?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,132 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39049004620 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 17.96% of renter households, peaking at 23.6% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 39049004620 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.79× 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 39049004620 struggle to pay rent?
About 25.1% 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. 20.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 39049004620 compare to Columbus overall?
Tract 39049004620 scores 5.7/10, higher than the parent city of Columbus at 4.3/10. 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 39049004620 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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