Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally
Berwick Eviction Risk: Lower , Columbus
Tract 39049002780 · Franklin County, OH · pop 2,524 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
With a score of 3.7/10, tract 39049002780 in the Berwick area of Columbus, OH reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,524 residents. The severe-burden share is 37%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units1,154
Renter share34.4%
SVI overall0.37
Poverty rate8.3%
Median income$82,963
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
24
th percentile
Low
Within county
40
th percentile
Low
Within state
46
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbus and the region
Centroid at 39.9440, -82.9288 · click any tract to drill in
Why Berwick scores 3.7
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
8.3% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$921 rent vs county FMR
1.4
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 Berwick compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 37
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 15%Socioeconomic
- 53%Household composition
- 48%Racial/ethnic minority
- 61%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
- 60%Grade B
- 0%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)
- 95Total filings over 13 yrs
- 2.20%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.7%Peak (2007)
- 13Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 160% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 65Total filings 2020-21
- 0.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.12×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Columbus, OH as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Berwick. 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.
- 7.7%Housing insecurity
- 5.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.2%Food insecurity
- 6.8%SNAP enrollment
- 5.4%Transit barriers
- 5.5%No health insurance
- 12.8%Frequent mental distress
- 26.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Berwick
The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1.4/10. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. Average gross rent is $921, 29% below the Columbus average.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8/10. Cost burden runs 49% here against 41.6% across Franklin County.
Food insecurity runs 9.2% against 17.8% nationally. Court records carry 95 eviction filings across 13 observed years.
SNAP participation runs 6.8% against 15.2% nationally. It sits 0.7 points below the Franklin County average of 4.4.
The worst year on record was 2007, when 4.7% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Columbus. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 2.2% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 35th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 39049002780
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049002780?
Census tract 39049002780 in the Berwick neighborhood scores 3.7/10 (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 39049002780?
Median gross rent is $921/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39049002780?
8.3% of residents in tract 39049002780 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,524.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39049002780?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 37th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 15th, household 53th, minority 48th, housing 61th.
Q5
Is tract 39049002780 considered part of Berwick?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39049002780 fall within Berwick (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049002780?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 95 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39049002780 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.20% of renter households, peaking at 4.7% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 39049002780 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.12× 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 39049002780 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.7% 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. 5.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 39049002780 compare to Columbus overall?
Tract 39049002780 scores 3.7/10, 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 39049002780 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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