Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #22,681 of 84,120 nationally
Old North Columbus Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 39049000600 · Franklin County, OH · pop 4,035 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
39049000600 is a census tract in the Old North Columbus area of Columbus, OH. It scores 5.6/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,035 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29%
Stable renters 48%
Owners 23%
Tract context
Occupied units1,800
Renter share76.5%
SVI overall0.21
Poverty rate23.1%
Median income$65,513
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
62
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
70
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
85
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbus and the region
Centroid at 40.0159, -83.0060 · click any tract to drill in
Why Old North Columbus scores 5.6
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
23.1% poverty · this tract
5.8
Supply constraint
$1,210 rent vs county FMR
3.4
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 Old North Columbus compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 21
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 51%Socioeconomic
- 2%Household composition
- 29%Racial/ethnic minority
- 35%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
- 22%Grade B
- 71%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)
- 715Total filings over 13 yrs
- 4.13%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.6%Peak (2005)
- 15Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 74% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 149Total filings 2020-21
- 1.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.87×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.
- 11.3%Housing insecurity
- 8.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.7%Food insecurity
- 10.9%SNAP enrollment
- 8.8%Transit barriers
- 8.0%No health insurance
- 21.2%Frequent mental distress
- 23.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Old North Columbus
This is renter territory: 77% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. The severe-burden share is 18%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8/10.
The poverty rate is 23%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Against the Franklin County average of 4.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.4/10. Court records carry 715 eviction filings across 13 observed years. 37% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Franklin County average of 41.6%.
Filings peaked in 2005 at 6.6% 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 4.1% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 73% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 39049000600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049000600?
Census tract 39049000600 in the Old North Columbus neighborhood scores 5.6/10 (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 39049000600?
Median gross rent is $1,210/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39049000600?
23.1% of residents in tract 39049000600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,035.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39049000600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 21th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 51th, household 2th, minority 29th, housing 35th.
Q5
Is tract 39049000600 considered part of Old North Columbus?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39049000600 fall within Old North Columbus (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049000600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 715 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39049000600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.13% of renter households, peaking at 6.6% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 39049000600 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.87× 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 39049000600 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.3% 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. 8.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 39049000600 compare to Columbus overall?
Tract 39049000600 scores 5.6/10, 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 39049000600 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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