Neighborhood · Ranked #35,899 of 84,120 nationally
Red Brick District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Columbus
Tract 39049004002 ·
Franklin County, OH · pop 2,452 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Tract 39049004002, home to 2,452 residents in the Red Brick District neighborhood of Columbus, scores 5.5/10 for landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 56th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 42% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,404 a month while the average household earns $63,676 a year, roughly 26% of income at the averages. Renters make up 83% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 35%Stable renters 48%Owners 17%
Tract context
Occupied units2,250
Renter share82.8%
SVI overall0.31
Poverty rate13.7%
Median income$63,676
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Red Brick District
Moderate
Within parent city
42th percentile
#138 of 238 tracts In Columbus
Moderate
Within county
58th percentile
#140 of 328 tracts In Franklin County
Elevated
Within state
66th percentile
#1,081 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbus and the region
Centroid at 39.9570, -82.9983 · click any tract to drill in
Why Red Brick District scores 4.3
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
13.7% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$1,404 rent vs county FMR
4.7
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 Red Brick District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 31
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
42%Socioeconomic
1%Household composition
60%Racial/ethnic minority
71%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
0%Grade A
0%Grade B
0%Grade C
12%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)
843Total filings 2020-21
11.0Avg monthly (observed)
3.0Pre-pandemic baseline
3.63×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–20212020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Pandemic filings ran above 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.
11.1%Housing insecurity
8.4%Utility-shutoff threat
13.4%Food insecurity
10.2%SNAP enrollment
7.9%Transit barriers
7.9%No health insurance
17.5%Frequent mental distress
22.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Red Brick District
What moves this score most 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 about the same as 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.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 12% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.4% 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 39049004002
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049004002?
Census tract 39049004002 in the Red Brick District neighborhood scores 4.3/10 (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 39049004002?
Median gross rent is $1,404/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39049004002?
13.7% of residents in tract 39049004002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,452.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39049004002?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 42th, household 1th, minority 60th, housing 71th.
Q5
Is tract 39049004002 considered part of Red Brick District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39049004002 fall within Red Brick District (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 39049004002 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 3.63× 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 39049004002 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.1% 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. 8.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 39049004002 compare to Columbus overall?
Tract 39049004002 scores 4.3/10, 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 39049004002 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 12% 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Columbus
Top eight tracts in Columbus ranked by composite eviction-risk score.