Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #56,660 of 84,120 nationally
Merion Village Eviction Risk: Lower , Columbus
Tract 39049005810 · Franklin County, OH · pop 2,940 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Tract 39049005810, home to 2,940 residents in the Merion Village area of Columbus, scores 4.8/10 for landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 31st percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
23% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 7% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,664 monthly, set against $103,735 in average yearly household income, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 50% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.1
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
11
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
31
th percentile
Low
Within state
41
th percentile
Moderate
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 3.1
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
What moves this score most is supply constraint at 6.5/10. 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 below the Franklin County average of 5.4 and in line with the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.1% 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 39049005810
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049005810?
Census tract 39049005810 in the Merion Village neighborhood scores 3.1/10 (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 3.1/10, right in line with 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 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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6.2
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