Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Kensington Place Eviction Risk: Lower , Worthington
Tract 39049006722 · Franklin County, OH · pop 2,958 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Census tract 39049006722 covers part of the Kensington Place area of Worthington, OH, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,958. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1.4/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units1,182
Renter share26.9%
SVI overall0.36
Poverty rate5.5%
Median income$94,130
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
75
th percentile
High
Within county
4
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
31
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Worthington and the region
Centroid at 40.1018, -83.0044 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kensington Place scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Worthington
6.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.6
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
5.5% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,063 rent vs county FMR
2.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Worthington
5.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Worthington
4.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Worthington
4.0
How Kensington Place compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 36
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 36%Socioeconomic
- 62%Household composition
- 22%Racial/ethnic minority
- 31%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 23%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 223Total filings over 13 yrs
- 4.80%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.2%Peak (2007)
- 10Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 43% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 78Total filings 2020-21
- 1.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.87×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Columbus, OH as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
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.
- 5.8%Housing insecurity
- 4.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.4%Food insecurity
- 4.4%SNAP enrollment
- 4.3%Transit barriers
- 4.5%No health insurance
- 13.5%Frequent mental distress
- 22.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kensington Place
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8/10. Against the Franklin County average of 4.4, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.4 points.
Severe burden reaches 15%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. SNAP participation runs 4.4% against 15.2% nationally.
Running cool, state political climate reads 2.4/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 223 filings here across 13 tracked years.
Housing insecurity runs 5.8% against 14.2% nationally. 37% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Franklin County average of 41.6%. At $1,063 a month, rents run 14% under what the rest of Worthington commands.
Filings peaked in 2007 at 11.2% of renter households. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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. In a typical year about 4.8% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 39049006722
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049006722?
Census tract 39049006722 in the Kensington Place neighborhood scores 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 39049006722?
Median gross rent is $1,063/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39049006722?
5.5% of residents in tract 39049006722 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,958.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39049006722?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 36th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 36th, household 62th, minority 22th, housing 31th.
Q5
Is tract 39049006722 considered part of Kensington Place?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39049006722 fall within Kensington Place (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049006722?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 223 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39049006722 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.80% of renter households, peaking at 11.2% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 39049006722 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.87× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Columbus eviction risk, OH), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 39049006722 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.8% 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. 4.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 39049006722 compare to Worthington overall?
Tract 39049006722 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Worthington at 3.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Worthington; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q10
Was tract 39049006722 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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 Worthington
Top eight tracts in Worthington ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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