Neighborhood · Ranked #24,926 of 84,120 nationally

Old North Columbus Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 39049000600 · Franklin County, OH · pop 4,035 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Census tract 39049000600 sits in Old North Columbus in Columbus eviction risk, Ohio eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.6/10. That is riskier than roughly 60% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 37% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,210 a month while the average household earns $65,513 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 77% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

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.

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

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

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 by year 2002 to 2015

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

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

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

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 5.8/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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 21st 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.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 715 eviction filings here over 13 tracked years, with about 4.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 6.6% of renter households in 2005.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 39049000600

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049000600?

Census tract 39049000600 in the Old North Columbus 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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

How does tract 39049000600 compare to Columbus overall?

Tract 39049000600 scores 5/10, 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 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.

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