Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #11,930 of 84,120 nationally
Westgate Eviction Risk: Elevated , Columbus
Tract 39049004500 · Franklin County, OH · pop 4,966 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 39049004500 (Westgate in Columbus, Ohio) comes in at 6.1/10, the Elevated tier. It lands near the 77th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 60% of renter households, a severe level, and 38% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,011 monthly, set against $42,917 in average yearly household income, roughly 28% of income at the averages. Renters make up 51% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units2,089
Renter share50.6%
SVI overall0.82
Poverty rate30.8%
Median income$42,917
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
92
th percentile
Very High
Within county
94
th percentile
Very High
Within state
97
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbus and the region
Centroid at 39.9583, -83.0664 · click any tract to drill in
Why Westgate scores 6
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
30.8% poverty · this tract
7.7
Supply constraint
$1,011 rent vs county FMR
2.0
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 Westgate compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 82
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 93%Socioeconomic
- 44%Household composition
- 47%Racial/ethnic minority
- 80%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.
- 3%Grade A
- 44%Grade B
- 15%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)
- 1,718Total filings over 13 yrs
- 13.86%Avg annual filing rate
- 18.1%Peak (2012)
- 144Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 30% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 807Total filings 2020-21
- 10.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 12.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.88×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Columbus, OH as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Westgate. 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.
- 19.7%Housing insecurity
- 15.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 26.9%Food insecurity
- 24.9%SNAP enrollment
- 14.1%Transit barriers
- 13.6%No health insurance
- 22.6%Frequent mental distress
- 34.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Westgate
The score leans hardest on economic stress at 7.7/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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 above 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.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.88x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 82nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 39049004500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049004500?
Census tract 39049004500 in the Westgate neighborhood scores 6/10 (Elevated 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 39049004500?
Median gross rent is $1,011/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39049004500?
30.8% of residents in tract 39049004500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,966.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39049004500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 44th, minority 47th, housing 80th.
Q5
Is tract 39049004500 considered part of Westgate?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39049004500 fall within Westgate (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049004500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,718 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39049004500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.86% of renter households, peaking at 18.1% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 39049004500 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.88× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Columbus eviction risk, OH), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 39049004500 struggle to pay rent?
About 19.7% 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. 15.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 39049004500 compare to Columbus overall?
Tract 39049004500 scores 6/10, 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 39049004500 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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