Hyde Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Columbus

57% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Franklin County average of 41.6%. 27% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

84% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 27.9% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10. Set annual rent against average income of $37,314 and the ratio lands at 35%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. The poverty rate is 28%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8/10. It sits 1.3 points above the Franklin County average of 4.4. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.4/10.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,881 filings here across 13 tracked years. At $1,103 a month, rents run 15% under what the rest of Columbus commands. Filings peaked in 2009 at 48.8% of renter households.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.