Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Merion Village Eviction Risk: Lower , Columbus
Tract 39049005810 · Franklin County, OH · pop 2,940 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
With a score of 3/10, tract 39049005810 in the Merion Village area of Columbus, OH reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,940. 23% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Franklin County average of 41.6%.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 38%
Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units1,507
Renter share49.6%
SVI overall0.04
Poverty rate6.1%
Median income$103,735
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
2
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
20
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
31
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbus and the region
Centroid at 39.9380, -82.9917 · click any tract to drill in
Why Merion Village scores 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
6.1% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,664 rent vs county FMR
6.5
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 Merion Village compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 4
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 32%Socioeconomic
- 0%Household composition
- 29%Racial/ethnic minority
- 14%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
- 88%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)
- 415Total filings over 13 yrs
- 5.28%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.6%Peak (2008)
- 18Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 50% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 88Total filings 2020-21
- 1.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.56×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.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Merion Village. 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.
- 8.0%Housing insecurity
- 6.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.4%Food insecurity
- 6.3%SNAP enrollment
- 5.6%Transit barriers
- 5.6%No health insurance
- 17.3%Frequent mental distress
- 19.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Merion Village
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.5/10.
Average gross rent is $1,664, 28% above the Columbus average. Against the Franklin County average of 4.4, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.4 points.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8/10. Disability prevalence runs 19.2% against 31.5% nationally.
Food insecurity runs 8.4% against 17.8% nationally. Court records carry 415 eviction filings across 13 observed years.
The voucher gap is 15.2%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. The worst year on record was 2008, when 7.6% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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 5.3% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 39049005810
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049005810?
Census tract 39049005810 in the Merion Village neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 39049005810?
Median gross rent is $1,664/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 23% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39049005810?
6.1% of residents in tract 39049005810 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,940.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39049005810?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 4th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 32th, household 0th, minority 29th, housing 14th.
Q5
Is tract 39049005810 considered part of Merion Village?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39049005810 fall within Merion Village (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049005810?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 415 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39049005810 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.28% of renter households, peaking at 7.6% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 39049005810 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.56× 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 39049005810 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.0% 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. 6.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 39049005810 compare to Columbus overall?
Tract 39049005810 scores 3/10, 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 39049005810 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. 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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