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Neighborhood · Ranked #61,558 of 84,120 nationally

Harrison West Eviction Risk: Lower , Columbus

Tract 39049002000 · Franklin County, OH · pop 3,073 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

39049002000 is a census tract in the Harrison West area of Columbus, OH. It scores 3.3/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,073. Against Franklin County at 41.6%, 30% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 37% Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units1,735
Renter share52.5%
SVI overall0.05
Poverty rate11.7%
Median income$112,125

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Harrison West
Moderate
Within parent city
17 th percentile
Rank, 17th percentileLowHigh
#199 of 238 tracts In Columbus
Very Low
Within county
32 th percentile
Rank, 32nd percentileLowHigh
#222 of 328 tracts In Franklin County
Low
Within state
38 th percentile
Rank, 38th percentileLowHigh
#1,963 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Columbus and the region

Centroid at 39.9813, -83.0136 · click any tract to drill in

Why Harrison West scores 3.3

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
11.7% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$1,429 rent vs county FMR
4.9
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 Harrison West compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Harrison West risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.3This tracttract 0020004.3Columbusparent city4.4Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 5

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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)

  • 262Total filings over 13 yrs
  • 2.08%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.5%Peak (2003)
  • 12Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 39049002000
Filings dropped 60% over the past 13 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 75Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.0Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.8Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.29×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Harrison West

The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10. Disability prevalence runs 16.5% against 31.5% nationally.

Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8/10. SNAP participation runs 4.5% against 15.2% nationally.

Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.4/10. Against the Franklin County average of 4.4, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.1 points.

10% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Court records carry 262 eviction filings across 13 observed years. Average gross rent is $1,429, 10% above the Columbus average.

The worst year on record was 2003, when 3.5% of renter households were served. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.

In a typical year about 2.1% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 27th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 39049002000

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049002000?

Census tract 39049002000 in the Harrison West neighborhood scores 3.3/10 (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 39049002000?

Median gross rent is $1,429/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39049002000?

11.7% of residents in tract 39049002000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,073.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39049002000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 5th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 1th, minority 30th, housing 39th.
Q5

Is tract 39049002000 considered part of Harrison West?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39049002000 fall within Harrison West (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049002000?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 262 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39049002000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.08% of renter households, peaking at 3.5% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 39049002000 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.29× 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 39049002000 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 39049002000 compare to Columbus overall?

Tract 39049002000 scores 3.3/10, lower 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 39049002000 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. 23% 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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