Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #28,095 of 84,120 nationally
Eastgate Eviction Risk: Moderate , Columbus
Tract 39049002520 · Franklin County, OH · pop 2,901 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
39049002520 is a census tract in the Eastgate area of Columbus, OH. It scores 5.3/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,901 residents. The severe-burden share is 33%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 30%
Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units1,456
Renter share50.9%
SVI overall0.64
Poverty rate19.5%
Median income$64,145
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
56
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
65
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
75
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbus and the region
Centroid at 39.9752, -82.9525 · click any tract to drill in
Why Eastgate scores 5.3
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
19.5% poverty · this tract
4.9
Supply constraint
$892 rent vs county FMR
1.2
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 Eastgate compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 64
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 63%Socioeconomic
- 39%Household composition
- 78%Racial/ethnic minority
- 63%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
- 28%Grade B
- 48%Grade C
- 2%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)
- 1,490Total filings over 13 yrs
- 15.16%Avg annual filing rate
- 16.4%Peak (2003)
- 79Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 43% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 243Total filings 2020-21
- 3.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 7.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.45×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). 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.
- 16.4%Housing insecurity
- 12.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.2%Food insecurity
- 17.5%SNAP enrollment
- 10.9%Transit barriers
- 8.7%No health insurance
- 18.8%Frequent mental distress
- 28.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Eastgate
The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1.2/10. At $892 a month, rents run 31% under what the rest of Columbus commands. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8/10. The poverty rate is 19%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. The filing record is not thin: 1,490 evictions over 13 years of observation.
It sits 0.9 points above the Franklin County average of 4.4. The worst year on record was 2003, when 16.4% 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 15.2% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 67% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 39049002520
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049002520?
Census tract 39049002520 in the Eastgate neighborhood scores 5.3/10 (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 39049002520?
Median gross rent is $892/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39049002520?
19.5% of residents in tract 39049002520 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,901.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39049002520?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 64th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 63th, household 39th, minority 78th, housing 63th.
Q5
Is tract 39049002520 considered part of Eastgate?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39049002520 fall within Eastgate (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049002520?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,490 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39049002520 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 15.16% of renter households, peaking at 16.4% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 39049002520 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.45× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Columbus eviction risk, OH), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 39049002520 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.4% 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. 12.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 39049002520 compare to Columbus overall?
Tract 39049002520 scores 5.3/10, 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 39049002520 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. 2% 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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