Within neighborhood
25
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally
Franklinton Eviction Risk: Moderate , Columbus
Tract 39049005002 · Franklin County, OH · pop 3,882 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Census tract 39049005002 covers part of the Franklinton area of Columbus, OH, and scores 5.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,882. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31%
Stable renters 52%
Owners 17%
Tract context
Occupied units1,620
Renter share82.8%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate49.6%
Median income$21,549
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
82
th percentile
High
Within county
94
th percentile
Very High
Within state
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbus and the region
Centroid at 39.9535, -83.0335 · click any tract to drill in
Why Franklinton scores 5.7
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
49.6% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$884 rent vs county FMR
1.1
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 Franklinton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 94
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 97%Socioeconomic
- 98%Household composition
- 57%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
- 0%Grade B
- 53%Grade C
- 32%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)
- 954Total filings 2020-21
- 12.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 12.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.96×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 Franklinton. 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.
- 29.3%Housing insecurity
- 25.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 44.4%Food insecurity
- 47.3%SNAP enrollment
- 22.9%Transit barriers
- 20.0%No health insurance
- 27.0%Frequent mental distress
- 46.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Franklinton
SNAP participation runs 47.3% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 44.4% against 17.8% nationally.
The poverty rate is 50%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Set annual rent against average income of $21,549 and the ratio lands at 49%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.
Severe burden reaches 26%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. 83% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.
Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.1/10. At $884 a month, rents run 32% under what the rest of Columbus commands. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.
It sits 1.3 points above the Franklin County average of 4.4. 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.
That is riskier than roughly 74% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 39049005002
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049005002?
Census tract 39049005002 in the Franklinton neighborhood scores 5.7/10 (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 39049005002?
Median gross rent is $884/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39049005002?
49.6% of residents in tract 39049005002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,882.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39049005002?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 98th, minority 57th, housing 63th.
Q5
Is tract 39049005002 considered part of Franklinton?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39049005002 fall within Franklinton (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 39049005002 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.96× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Columbus eviction risk, OH), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 39049005002 struggle to pay rent?
About 29.3% 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. 25.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 39049005002 compare to Columbus overall?
Tract 39049005002 scores 5.7/10, 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.
Q9
Was tract 39049005002 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. 32% 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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