Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #22,681 of 84,120 nationally
North Linden Eviction Risk: Moderate , Columbus
Tract 39049000810 · Franklin County, OH · pop 2,783 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
39049000810 is a census tract in the North Linden area of Columbus, OH. It scores 5.6/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,783 residents. Severe burden reaches 43%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units1,173
Renter share43.1%
SVI overall0.50
Poverty rate22.4%
Median income$60,407
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
62
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
69
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
85
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbus and the region
Centroid at 40.0265, -82.9762 · click any tract to drill in
Why North Linden 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
22.4% poverty · this tract
5.6
Supply constraint
$962 rent vs county FMR
1.7
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: 50
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 87%Socioeconomic
- 6%Household composition
- 57%Racial/ethnic minority
- 30%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
- 29%Grade B
- 18%Grade C
- 1%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)
- 542Total filings over 13 yrs
- 13.00%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.6%Peak (2013)
- 46Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 275Total filings 2020-21
- 3.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.95×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.
- 18.0%Housing insecurity
- 13.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 23.7%Food insecurity
- 21.0%SNAP enrollment
- 12.4%Transit barriers
- 12.2%No health insurance
- 20.9%Frequent mental distress
- 32.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in North Linden
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.7/10. Average gross rent is $962, 26% below the Columbus average.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8/10. The poverty rate is 22%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
It sits 1.2 points above the Franklin County average of 4.4. Against Franklin County at 41.6%, 47% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 542 filings here across 13 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2013, when 14.6% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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 13.0% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 73% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.5/10.
Statewide the OH average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 39049000810
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049000810?
Census tract 39049000810 in the North Linden 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 39049000810?
Median gross rent is $962/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39049000810?
22.4% of residents in tract 39049000810 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,783.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39049000810?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 50th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 87th, household 6th, minority 57th, housing 30th.
Q5
Is tract 39049000810 considered part of North Linden?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39049000810 fall within North Linden (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049000810?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 542 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39049000810 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.00% of renter households, peaking at 14.6% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 39049000810 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.95× 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 39049000810 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.0% 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. 13.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 39049000810 compare to Columbus overall?
Tract 39049000810 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 39049000810 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. 1% 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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