Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally
Indianola Highlands Eviction Risk: Moderate , Columbus
Tract 39049000310 · Franklin County, OH · pop 2,968 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
With a score of 5/10, tract 39049000310 in the Indianola Highlands area of Columbus, OH reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,968 residents. Severe burden reaches 32%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units1,257
Renter share42.2%
SVI overall0.71
Poverty rate15.7%
Median income$61,098
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
61
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
71
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbus and the region
Centroid at 40.0362, -82.9939 · click any tract to drill in
Why Indianola Highlands scores 5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Columbus
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.6
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
15.7% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$1,108 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Columbus
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Columbus
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Columbus
4.0
How Indianola Highlands compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 71
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 77%Socioeconomic
- 76%Household composition
- 55%Racial/ethnic minority
- 45%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
- 17%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)
- 1,052Total filings over 13 yrs
- 15.15%Avg annual filing rate
- 23.5%Peak (2008)
- 68Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 336Total filings 2020-21
- 4.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.89×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.
- 13.7%Housing insecurity
- 10.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.0%Food insecurity
- 13.8%SNAP enrollment
- 9.3%Transit barriers
- 9.2%No health insurance
- 19.5%Frequent mental distress
- 27.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Indianola Highlands
The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10. roughly one in two of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Franklin County average of 41.6%. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8/10.
Running cool, state political climate reads 2.4/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,052 filings here across 13 tracked years. At $1,108 a month, rents run 14% under what the rest of Columbus commands.
Filings peaked in 2008 at 23.5% 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 15.1% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #32,842 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.4/10.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 39049000310
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049000310?
Census tract 39049000310 in the Indianola Highlands neighborhood scores 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 39049000310?
Median gross rent is $1,108/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39049000310?
15.7% of residents in tract 39049000310 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,968.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39049000310?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 71th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 76th, minority 55th, housing 45th.
Q5
Is tract 39049000310 considered part of Indianola Highlands?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39049000310 fall within Indianola Highlands (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049000310?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,052 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39049000310 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 15.15% of renter households, peaking at 23.5% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 39049000310 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.89× 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 39049000310 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.7% 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. 10.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 39049000310 compare to Columbus overall?
Tract 39049000310 scores 5/10, higher than the parent city of Columbus at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Columbus eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q10
Was tract 39049000310 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.
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