2 census tracts · pop 11,281 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.3/10
· range 3–3.8
Uptown takes in 2 census tracts of Westerville, OH and houses 11,281 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 3.3/10, placing it in the Lower tier. Against a Westerville baseline of 30.4%, roughly one in two of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
Pulling the other way is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.1/10. Running cool is economic stress, at 2.1/10.
Filings are well documented here: 235 across 2 observed tracts. At $1,169 a month, rents sit 14% under what the rest of Westerville commands.
SNAP participation is 6.6% of households versus 15.2% nationally. Filing activity peaked in 2007 at 4.3% of renter households.
On the high side is rent-regulation exposure at 7/10. Food insecurity affects 9.6% of adults, 8.2 points below the national rate. The most recent observed rate, 2.3% in 2015, is well off that peak.
Against average income of $89,478, annual rent is only 16%, a wide affordability cushion. The 2 tracts here are tightly clustered, 0.8 points apart at the extremes. 31% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
2 tracts · population-weighted
Uptown vs WestervilleHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority33%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport29%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Uptown
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
235Total filings (sum)
2.13%Avg annual filing rate
4.3%Peak year (2007)
2.48%Latest filed (2015)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
46Total filings 2020-21
0.3Avg monthly observed
1.1Pre-pandemic baseline
0.44×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Columbus, OH).
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Uptown
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
7.9%Housing insecurity
5.7%Utility shutoff threat
9.0%Food insecurity
6.2%SNAP enrollment
5.5%No health insurance
22.4%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Uptown
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Uptown?
Uptown scores 3.3/10 (Lower tier) across 2 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 Uptown compare to Westerville overall?
Uptown scores 0.7 points lower than Westerville overall (4/10). Renters spend 48% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $1,169 vs $1,364.
Q3
What is the average rent in Uptown?
Average gross rent in Uptown is $1,169/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Uptown residents are renters?
31% of Uptown households are renter-occupied (vs 28% in Westerville). The neighborhood has 11,281 residents.
Q5
Is Uptown a high social-vulnerability area?
Uptown sits in the 16th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Uptown have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Uptown is census tract 39049007010 (score 3.8/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 3.8, a spread of 0.8 points.
Q7
How safe is Uptown for landlords?
Uptown carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.3/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Westerville as a whole (4/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Uptown?
Uptown has 10,816 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (77.6%), Black (non-Hispanic) (9.1%), Other / Multiracial (8.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
