Within parent city
17
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #23,808 of 84,120 nationally
Whitehall Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 39049009350 · Franklin County, OH · pop 3,257
Tract 39049009350 sits in Whitehall, OH, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.5/10. Population here is 3,257. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units1,352
Renter share54.2%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate7.0%
Median income$59,519
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
68
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
83
th percentile
High
National
72
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Whitehall and the region
Centroid at 39.9641, -82.8638 · click any tract to drill in
Why Whitehall scores 5.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
7.0% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,253 rent vs county FMR
3.7
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 75
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 63%Socioeconomic
- 79%Household composition
- 80%Racial/ethnic minority
- 65%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 1,235Total filings over 13 yrs
- 11.97%Avg annual filing rate
- 19.5%Peak (2012)
- 89Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 33% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 682Total filings 2020-21
- 8.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 8.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.99×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.
- 18.6%Housing insecurity
- 13.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 22.8%Food insecurity
- 19.1%SNAP enrollment
- 11.8%Transit barriers
- 11.2%No health insurance
- 19.2%Frequent mental distress
- 31.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Whitehall
The severe-burden share is 29%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. 56% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Franklin County average of 41.6%.
Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.8/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.8/10.
It sits 1.1 points above the Franklin County average of 4.4. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,235 filings here across 13 tracked years. At $1,253 a month, rents run 9% over what the rest of Whitehall commands.
Filings peaked in 2012 at 19.5% of renter households. In a typical year about 12.0% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #23,808 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Statewide the OH average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.3 points hotter.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 39049009350
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049009350?
Census tract 39049009350 in Whitehall scores 5.5/10 (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 39049009350?
Median gross rent is $1,253/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39049009350?
7.0% of residents in tract 39049009350 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,257.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39049009350?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 63th, household 79th, minority 80th, housing 65th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049009350?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,235 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39049009350 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.97% of renter households, peaking at 19.5% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 39049009350 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.99× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Columbus eviction risk, OH), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 39049009350 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.6% 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. 13.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 39049009350 compare to Whitehall overall?
Tract 39049009350 scores 5.5/10, right in line with 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Whitehall
Top eight tracts in Whitehall ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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