East Urban Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Columbus

SNAP participation runs 34.1% against 15.2% nationally. 22% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Food insecurity runs 34.6% against 17.8% nationally. The poverty rate is 28%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

On the softer side, state political climate reads 2/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.7/10.

It sits 0.9 points above the Muscogee County average of 4.1. Nationally it ranks #32,842 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 44% of renters.

Average gross rent is $1,038, close to the Columbus average.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.