Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally
East Linden Eviction Risk: Moderate , Columbus
Tract 39049000820 · Franklin County, OH · pop 3,751 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Census tract 39049000820 covers part of the East Linden area of Columbus, OH, and scores 4.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,751 residents. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units1,602
Renter share41.5%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate11.9%
Median income$58,750
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
44
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
55
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
66
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbus and the region
Centroid at 40.0257, -82.9632 · click any tract to drill in
Why East Linden scores 4.7
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
11.9% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$1,010 rent vs county FMR
2.0
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 East Linden compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 84
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 83%Socioeconomic
- 84%Household composition
- 72%Racial/ethnic minority
- 68%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
- 43%Grade B
- 57%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)
- 1,721Total filings over 13 yrs
- 24.70%Avg annual filing rate
- 31.6%Peak (2004)
- 131Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 669Total filings 2020-21
- 8.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 9.1Pre-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 East 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.
- 20.9%Housing insecurity
- 16.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 27.5%Food insecurity
- 25.1%SNAP enrollment
- 14.0%Transit barriers
- 12.9%No health insurance
- 21.2%Frequent mental distress
- 33.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in East Linden
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2/10.
Average gross rent is $1,010, 22% below the Columbus average. Severe burden reaches 13%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. SNAP participation runs 25.1% against 15.2% nationally.
36% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Franklin County average of 41.6%. Court records carry 1,721 eviction filings across 13 observed years. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 16.1% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
The worst year on record was 2004, when 31.6% of renter households were served. 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 24.7% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 55th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.6/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 39049000820
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049000820?
Census tract 39049000820 in the East Linden neighborhood scores 4.7/10 (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 39049000820?
Median gross rent is $1,010/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39049000820?
11.9% of residents in tract 39049000820 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,751.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39049000820?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 84th, minority 72th, housing 68th.
Q5
Is tract 39049000820 considered part of East Linden?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39049000820 fall within East Linden (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049000820?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,721 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39049000820 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 24.70% of renter households, peaking at 31.6% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 39049000820 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 39049000820 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.9% 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. 16.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 39049000820 compare to Columbus overall?
Tract 39049000820 scores 4.7/10, 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 39049000820 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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