Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #10,885 of 84,120 nationally
Indianola Terrace Eviction Risk: Elevated , Columbus
Tract 39049001302 · Franklin County, OH · pop 2,309 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
With a score of 6.5/10, tract 39049001302 in the Indianola Terrace neighborhood of Columbus ranks in the Elevated tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 2,309 residents. It lands near the 86th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 83% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 60% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,308 a month against an average household income of $24,265 a year, roughly 65% of income at the averages. About 98% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 81%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 2%
Tract context
Occupied units576
Renter share97.6%
SVI overall0.38
Poverty rate60.1%
Median income$24,265
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
93
th percentile
Very High
Within county
97
th percentile
Very High
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbus and the region
Centroid at 39.9990, -83.0040 · click any tract to drill in
Why Indianola Terrace scores 6.1
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
60.1% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,308 rent vs county FMR
4.1
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 Indianola Terrace compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 38
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 53%Socioeconomic
- 1%Household composition
- 30%Racial/ethnic minority
- 92%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
- 96%Grade B
- 4%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 90Total filings 2020-21
- 1.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 3.75×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Columbus, OH as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Indianola Terrace. 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.
- 18.5%Housing insecurity
- 15.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 32.7%Food insecurity
- 30.2%SNAP enrollment
- 22.2%Transit barriers
- 11.1%No health insurance
- 33.2%Frequent mental distress
- 37.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Indianola Terrace
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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 18.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 15.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 38th 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.
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 39049001302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049001302?
Census tract 39049001302 in the Indianola Terrace 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 39049001302?
Median gross rent is $1,308/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 83% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39049001302?
60.1% of residents in tract 39049001302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,309.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39049001302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 38th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 1th, minority 30th, housing 92th.
Q5
Is tract 39049001302 considered part of Indianola Terrace?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39049001302 fall within Indianola Terrace (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 39049001302 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 3.75× 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.
Q7
What share of households in tract 39049001302 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.5% 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. 15.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 39049001302 compare to Columbus overall?
Tract 39049001302 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.
Q9
Was tract 39049001302 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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