Neighborhood · Ranked #37,643 of 84,120 nationally

Crestview Eviction Risk: Moderate , Columbus

Tract 39049000500 · Franklin County, OH · pop 4,367 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

Tract 39049000500, home to 4,367 residents in the Crestview neighborhood of Columbus, scores 5.5/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 56% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 41% of renter households, a severe level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,269 monthly, set against $86,990 in average yearly household income, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 51% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

4.2

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 30% Owners 49%

Tract context

Occupied units2,117

Renter share51.2%

SVI overall0.17

Poverty rate17.7%

Median income$86,990

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Columbus and the region

Centroid at 40.0208, -83.0082 · click any tract to drill in

Why Crestview scores 4.2

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

17.7% poverty · this tract

4.4

Supply constraint

$1,269 rent vs county FMR

3.8

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 Crestview compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 17

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

28%Socioeconomic
2%Household composition
28%Racial/ethnic minority
62%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
58%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)

119Total filings over 13 yrs
0.77%Avg annual filing rate
1.5%Peak (2002)
7Filings in 2015 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2002 to 2015

Filings dropped 61% over the past 13 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

59Total filings 2020-21
0.8Avg monthly (observed)
0.5Pre-pandemic baseline
1.61×Ratio to baseline

Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01

Pandemic filings ran above 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.

8.5%Housing insecurity
6.5%Utility-shutoff threat
10.0%Food insecurity
7.3%SNAP enrollment
6.4%Transit barriers
6.0%No health insurance
17.9%Frequent mental distress
20.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Crestview

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.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 17th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 39049000500

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049000500?

Census tract 39049000500 in the Crestview neighborhood scores 4.2/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 39049000500?

Median gross rent is $1,269/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 39049000500?

17.7% of residents in tract 39049000500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,367.

How socially vulnerable is tract 39049000500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 2th, minority 28th, housing 62th.

Is tract 39049000500 considered part of Crestview?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39049000500 fall within Crestview (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049000500?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 119 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39049000500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.77% of renter households, peaking at 1.5% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Did eviction filings in tract 39049000500 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.61× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Columbus eviction risk, OH), 2020-2021.

What share of households in tract 39049000500 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.5% 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. 6.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 39049000500 compare to Columbus overall?

Tract 39049000500 scores 4.2/10, 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 39049000500 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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 Columbus

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

Eviction Lab tract-level court records (2000-2018) and Eviction Tracking System, Princeton University. Open Data Commons Attribution license. evictionlab.org