Neighborhood · Ranked #10,885 of 84,120 nationally
Iuka Ravine Eviction Risk: Elevated , Columbus
Tract 39049001200 ·
Franklin County, OH · pop 4,225 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Tract 39049001200, home to 4,225 residents in Iuka Ravine in Columbus, scores 6.5/10 for landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #11,460 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
60% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 45% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,284 monthly, set against $34,909 in average yearly household income, roughly 44% of income at the averages. Renters make up 99% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 60%Stable renters 39%Owners 1%
Tract context
Occupied units1,269
Renter share99.4%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate63.6%
Median income$34,909
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Iuka Ravine
Moderate
Within parent city
96th percentile
#10 of 238 tracts In Columbus
Very High
Within county
97th percentile
#12 of 328 tracts In Franklin County
Very High
Within state
98th percentile
#58 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbus and the region
Centroid at 40.0038, -83.0018 · click any tract to drill in
Why Iuka Ravine scores 6.1
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
63.6% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,284 rent vs county FMR
3.9
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 Iuka Ravine compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 48
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
74%Socioeconomic
1%Household composition
32%Racial/ethnic minority
81%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
63%Grade B
33%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)
405Total filings over 13 yrs
2.51%Avg annual filing rate
3.4%Peak (2003)
18Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year2002 to 2015
Filings dropped 58% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
139Total filings 2020-21
1.8Avg monthly (observed)
1.3Pre-pandemic baseline
1.36×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–20212020-01-01 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.
17.5%Housing insecurity
14.6%Utility-shutoff threat
30.3%Food insecurity
26.5%SNAP enrollment
20.2%Transit barriers
11.6%No health insurance
30.5%Frequent mental distress
36.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Iuka Ravine
What moves this score most is economic stress at $1/10. 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 above 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 405 eviction filings here over 13 tracked years, with about 2.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.4% of renter households in 2003.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 1.36x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, above pre-pandemic levels.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 39049001200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049001200?
Census tract 39049001200 in the Iuka Ravine neighborhood scores 6.1/10 (Elevated 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 39049001200?
Median gross rent is $1,284/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39049001200?
63.6% of residents in tract 39049001200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,225.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39049001200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 74th, household 1th, minority 32th, housing 81th.
Q5
Is tract 39049001200 considered part of Iuka Ravine?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39049001200 fall within Iuka Ravine (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049001200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 405 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39049001200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.51% of renter households, peaking at 3.4% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 39049001200 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.36× 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.
Q8
What share of households in tract 39049001200 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.5% 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. 14.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 39049001200 compare to Columbus overall?
Tract 39049001200 scores 6.1/10, 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 39049001200 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.
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