Within neighborhood
75
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #22,213 of 84,120 nationally
North Linden Eviction Risk: Moderate , Columbus
Tract 39049000330 · Franklin County, OH · pop 2,662 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
For landlords sizing up the North Linden neighborhood of Columbus, census tract 39049000330 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 5.4/10. On the national scale it ranks #40,069 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
35% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,058 a month against an average household income of $43,728 a year, roughly 29% of income at the averages. About 46% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units1,091
Renter share45.6%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate21.7%
Median income$43,728
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
66
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
76
th percentile
High
Within state
82
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbus and the region
Centroid at 40.0279, -82.9859 · click any tract to drill in
Why North Linden scores 5.2
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
21.7% poverty · this tract
5.4
Supply constraint
$1,058 rent vs county FMR
2.3
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 69
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 86%Socioeconomic
- 45%Household composition
- 61%Racial/ethnic minority
- 42%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
- 9%Grade C
- 44%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)
- 964Total filings over 13 yrs
- 15.55%Avg annual filing rate
- 18.3%Peak (2009)
- 60Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 28% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 386Total filings 2020-21
- 5.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 5.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.98×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
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.
- 21.0%Housing insecurity
- 16.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 29.3%Food insecurity
- 27.8%SNAP enrollment
- 14.8%Transit barriers
- 14.2%No health insurance
- 22.7%Frequent mental distress
- 35.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in North Linden
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 5.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Columbus eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Franklin County average of 5.4 and above the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 964 eviction filings here over 13 tracked years, with about 15.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 18.3% of renter households in 2009.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 69th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 39049000330
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049000330?
Census tract 39049000330 in the North Linden neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (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 39049000330?
Median gross rent is $1,058/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39049000330?
21.7% of residents in tract 39049000330 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,662.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39049000330?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 45th, minority 61th, housing 42th.
Q5
Is tract 39049000330 considered part of North Linden?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39049000330 fall within North Linden (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049000330?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 964 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39049000330 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 15.55% of renter households, peaking at 18.3% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 39049000330 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.98× 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 39049000330 struggle to pay rent?
About 21.0% 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. 16.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 39049000330 compare to Columbus overall?
Tract 39049000330 scores 5.2/10, higher than the parent city of Columbus at 3.1/10. 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 39049000330 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 44% 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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