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Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally

Whitehall Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 39049009251 · Franklin County, OH · pop 1,331

Census tract 39049009251 covers part of Whitehall, OH, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,331 residents. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 51% Stable renters 42% Owners 7%
Tract context
Occupied units489
Renter share92.8%
SVI overall0.71
Poverty rate1.8%
Median income$52,962

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 7 tracts In Whitehall
Very Low
Within county
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#109 of 328 tracts In Franklin County
Elevated
Within state
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#554 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
High
National
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#24,859 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Whitehall and the region

Centroid at 39.9798, -82.8860 · click any tract to drill in

Why Whitehall scores 5.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Whitehall
6.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.6
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
1.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,077 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Whitehall
7.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Whitehall
9.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Whitehall
7.6

How Whitehall compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Whitehall risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.4This tracttract 0092515.7Whitehallparent city4.4Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 71

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: A: Best

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

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

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 865Total filings 2020-21
  • 11.2Avg monthly (observed)
  • 18.8Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.60×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Whitehall

93% 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. Against Franklin County at 41.6%, 55% of renters here are cost-burdened. Running cool, economic stress reads 1/10.

SNAP participation runs 34.2% against 15.2% nationally. 21% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.8/10.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 22.5% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. It sits 1.0 points above the Franklin County average of 4.4. This ground was mapped A ("Best") 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.

Nationally it ranks #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 39049009251

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049009251?

Census tract 39049009251 in Whitehall scores 5.4/10 (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 39049009251?

Median gross rent is $1,077/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39049009251?

1.8% of residents in tract 39049009251 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,331.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39049009251?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 71th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 70th, minority 91th, housing 59th.
Q5

Did eviction filings in tract 39049009251 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.60× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Columbus eviction risk, OH), 2020-2021.
Q6

What share of households in tract 39049009251 struggle to pay rent?

About 28.3% 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. 22.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 39049009251 compare to Whitehall overall?

Tract 39049009251 scores 5.4/10, lower than the parent city of Whitehall at 5.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Whitehall; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 39049009251 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Whitehall

Top eight tracts in Whitehall ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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