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Neighborhood · Ranked #42,813 of 84,120 nationally

North Linden Eviction Risk: Moderate , Columbus

Tract 39049000320 · Franklin County, OH · pop 2,991 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Tract 39049000320 sits in the North Linden area of Columbus eviction risk, OH, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.4/10. It is home to 2,991 residents. Cost burden runs 26% here against 41.6% across Franklin County.

Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6% Stable renters 18% Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units1,342
Renter share23.8%
SVI overall0.28
Poverty rate8.2%
Median income$53,084

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 5 tracts In North Linden
Very Low
Within parent city
35 th percentile
Rank, 35th percentileLowHigh
#154 of 238 tracts In Columbus
Low
Within county
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#166 of 328 tracts In Franklin County
Moderate
Within state
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#1,261 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Columbus and the region

Centroid at 40.0382, -82.9834 · click any tract to drill in

Why North Linden scores 4.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
8.2% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,341 rent vs county FMR
4.3
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 North Linden compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
North Linden risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.4This tracttract 0003204.3Columbusparent city4.4Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 28

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

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)

  • 172Total filings over 13 yrs
  • 6.63%Avg annual filing rate
  • 10.3%Peak (2011)
  • 16Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 39049000320
Filings climbed 433% over the past 13 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 76Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.0Avg monthly (observed)
  • 1.1Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.88×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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

Within North Linden. 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 North Linden

The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8/10.

The severe-burden share is 17%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.1/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 172 filings here across 13 tracked years.

Filings peaked in 2011 at 10.3% of renter households. In a typical year about 6.6% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #42,813 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 24% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 3.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Franklin County average of 4.4 closely. Average gross rent is $1,341, close to the Columbus average.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 39049000320

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049000320?

Census tract 39049000320 in the North Linden neighborhood scores 4.4/10 (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 39049000320?

Median gross rent is $1,341/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39049000320?

8.2% of residents in tract 39049000320 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,991.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39049000320?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 52th, household 44th, minority 49th, housing 6th.
Q5

Is tract 39049000320 considered part of North Linden?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39049000320 fall within North Linden (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049000320?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 172 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39049000320 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.63% of renter households, peaking at 10.3% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 39049000320 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.88× 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 39049000320 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.0% 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. 8.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9

How does tract 39049000320 compare to Columbus overall?

Tract 39049000320 scores 4.4/10, right in line with 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Columbus

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

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