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Neighborhood · Upper Arlington, OH

Brandon Heights Eviction Risk: Lower

1 census tracts · pop 5,193 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10 · range 3–3

Brandon Heights is a one-tract neighborhood of Upper Arlington, OH and houses 5,193 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 3/10, placing it in the Lower tier. Cost burden runs 47% against 25.6% citywide, putting Brandon Heights 21.2% over its own city.

The main counterweight is economic stress, at 1.5/10. The severe-burden share is 19%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.

Running cool is eviction-process difficulty, at 1.9/10. Court records for this tract carry 121 eviction filings.

Food insecurity affects 6.3% of adults, 11.5 points below the national rate. Filing activity peaked in 2010 at 3.8% of renter households.

Well under the midpoint is housing-court posture, at 3/10. 4.5% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt. The most recent observed rate, 1.3% in 2015, is well off that peak.

Average gross rent is $1,468, 8% below the Upper Arlington average of $1,588. Among the 6 mapped neighborhoods of Upper Arlington, it ranks #2 by risk, the upper third. For a like-for-like read, Kendale and Cranbrook score within a fraction of it.

Against average income of $117,917, annual rent is only 15%, a wide affordability cushion.

Because the boundary contains one tract, 3/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
3
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Brandon Heights vs Upper Arlington How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
46.8% +83%
Upper Arlington: 25.6%
Average gross rent
$1,468 -8%
Upper Arlington: $1,588
Average HH income
$117,917 -22%
Upper Arlington: $150,993
Poverty rate
5.8% +103%
Upper Arlington: 2.9%
Renter share
38.7% +88%
Upper Arlington: 20.6%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Brandon Heights and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 3–3

Why Brandon Heights scores 3

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 2.4–2.4 across tracts
2.4
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 6.6–6.6 across tracts
6.6
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 6.9–6.9 across tracts
6.9
Rent control risk
47% of income on rent · Range 3.8–3.8 across tracts
3.8
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 1.9–1.9 across tracts
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
39% renter households · Range 4.8–4.8 across tracts
4.8
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 3.0–3.0 across tracts
3.0
Economic stress
5.8% below poverty line · Range 1.5–1.5 across tracts
1.5
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 5.2–5.2 across tracts
5.2
Risk score comparison

Brandon Heights vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Brandon Heights score vs. parent city, state, U.S.3.0Brandon HeightsNeighborhood3.4Parent cityhost city4.0Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

1 tracts in Brandon Heights

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
39049006430 3 5,193 47% $1,468
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 25

Pop-weighted across 1 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 19%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 69%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 41%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 17%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Brandon Heights

Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 121Total filings (sum)
  • 1.57%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.8%Peak year (2010)
  • 1.31%Latest filed (2015)

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 49Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.6Avg monthly observed
  • 0.8Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.84×Ratio to baseline

Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Columbus, OH).

CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Brandon Heights

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Brandon Heights

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Brandon Heights?

Brandon Heights 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 Brandon Heights compare to Upper Arlington overall?

Brandon Heights scores 0.4 points lower than Upper Arlington overall (3.4/10). Renters spend 47% of income on rent vs 26% citywide. Average rent: $1,468 vs $1,588.
Q3

What is the average rent in Brandon Heights?

Average gross rent in Brandon Heights is $1,468/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Brandon Heights residents are renters?

39% of Brandon Heights households are renter-occupied (vs 21% in Upper Arlington). The neighborhood has 5,193 residents.
Q5

Is Brandon Heights a high social-vulnerability area?

Brandon Heights sits in the 25th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

How safe is Brandon Heights for landlords?

Brandon Heights 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 Upper Arlington as a whole (3.4/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q7

What is the demographic breakdown of Brandon Heights?

Brandon Heights has 4,986 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (78%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (13.5%), Hispanic / Latino (3.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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