Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #42,763 of 84,120 nationally
Summit Plain Eviction Risk: Lower , Columbus
Tract 39049001902 · Franklin County, OH · pop 4,146 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Here is how census tract 39049001902, in the Summit Plain neighborhood of Columbus eviction risk, looks to a landlord: a 4.8/10 eviction-risk score (Moderate tier) across a population of 4,146. On the national scale it ranks #57,833 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 31% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,150 a month against an average household income of $60,850 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. Renters make up 88% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27%
Stable renters 61%
Owners 12%
Tract context
Occupied units2,871
Renter share88.0%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate6.4%
Median income$60,850
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
32
th percentile
Low
Within county
49
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
58
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbus and the region
Centroid at 39.9892, -83.0475 · click any tract to drill in
Why Summit Plain scores 3.9
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
6.4% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,150 rent vs county FMR
3.0
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 Summit Plain compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 17
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 32%Socioeconomic
- 1%Household composition
- 24%Racial/ethnic minority
- 59%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
- 35%Grade B
- 50%Grade C
- 15%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)
- 365Total filings over 13 yrs
- 2.23%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.5%Peak (2005)
- 17Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 53% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 131Total filings 2020-21
- 1.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.15×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near 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.
- 6.7%Housing insecurity
- 4.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.5%Food insecurity
- 4.2%SNAP enrollment
- 5.0%Transit barriers
- 4.9%No health insurance
- 17.4%Frequent mental distress
- 15.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Summit Plain
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 5.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. 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 below the Franklin County average of 5.4 and in line with the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 17th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 6.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 39049001902
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049001902?
Census tract 39049001902 in the Summit Plain neighborhood scores 3.9/10 (Lower 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 39049001902?
Median gross rent is $1,150/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39049001902?
6.4% of residents in tract 39049001902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,146.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39049001902?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 32th, household 1th, minority 24th, housing 59th.
Q5
Is tract 39049001902 considered part of Summit Plain?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39049001902 fall within Summit Plain (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049001902?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 365 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39049001902 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.23% of renter households, peaking at 3.5% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 39049001902 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.15× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Columbus eviction risk, OH), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 39049001902 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.7% 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. 4.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 39049001902 compare to Columbus overall?
Tract 39049001902 scores 3.9/10, 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 39049001902 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. 15% 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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