Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #53,267 of 84,120 nationally
Westerville Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 39049007101 · Franklin County, OH · pop 2,903 · 96% of tract blocks fall in Westerville
How risky is Westerville for landlords? Census tract 39049007101 scores 6.2/10, the Elevated tier. It lands near the 80th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 57% of renter households, a severe level, and 37% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,489 a month against an average household income of $73,011 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 40% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units1,153
Renter share39.6%
SVI overall0.54
Poverty rate15.9%
Median income$73,011
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
36
th percentile
Low
Within state
45
th percentile
Moderate
National
37
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Westerville and the region
Centroid at 40.1023, -82.9165 · click any tract to drill in
Why Westerville scores 3.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Westerville
6.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.6
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
15.9% poverty · this tract
4.0
Supply constraint
$1,489 rent vs county FMR
5.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Westerville
7.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Westerville
5.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Westerville
5.1
How Westerville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 54
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 64%Socioeconomic
- 58%Household composition
- 48%Racial/ethnic minority
- 33%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 70Total filings 2020-21
- 0.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.95×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
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.
- 9.3%Housing insecurity
- 7.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.0%Food insecurity
- 8.6%SNAP enrollment
- 6.6%Transit barriers
- 6.4%No health insurance
- 16.8%Frequent mental distress
- 26.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Westerville
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at $1/10. 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 Westerville eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Franklin County average of 5.4 and above the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 54th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 9.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 39049007101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049007101?
Census tract 39049007101 in Westerville scores 3.3/10 (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 39049007101?
Median gross rent is $1,489/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39049007101?
15.9% of residents in tract 39049007101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,903.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39049007101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 54th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 58th, minority 48th, housing 33th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 39049007101 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.95× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Columbus eviction risk, OH), 2020-2021.
Q6
What share of households in tract 39049007101 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.3% 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. 7.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 39049007101 compare to Westerville overall?
Tract 39049007101 scores 3.3/10, higher than the parent city of Westerville at 2.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Westerville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Westerville
Top eight tracts in Westerville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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2.9
/ 10 · Low
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2
/ 10 · Low
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39049007198
2
/ 10 · Low
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39041011710
1.5
/ 10 · Very Low
Tract · OH
39049007102
1.5
/ 10 · Very Low
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39041011766
1.2
/ 10 · Very Low
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1.2
/ 10 · Very Low
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1.2
/ 10 · Very Low
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