Neighborhood · Ranked #24,926 of 84,120 nationally

Vassor Village Eviction Risk: Moderate , Columbus

Tract 39049006000 · Franklin County, OH · pop 1,952 · neighborhood within 0.0 mi

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 39049006000 (the Vassor Village area of Columbus, Ohio) comes in at 5.7/10, the Moderate tier. On the national scale it ranks #30,511 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

About 45% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,203 a month while the average household earns $46,809 a year, roughly 31% of income at the averages. Renters make up 62% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 34% Owners 38%

Tract context

Occupied units821

Renter share61.9%

SVI overall0.73

Poverty rate20.1%

Median income$46,809

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Columbus and the region

Centroid at 39.9317, -82.9775 · click any tract to drill in

Why Vassor Village scores 5

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

20.1% poverty · this tract

5.0

Supply constraint

$1,203 rent vs county FMR

3.3

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 Vassor Village compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 73

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

95%Socioeconomic
46%Household composition
56%Racial/ethnic minority
36%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
3%Grade B
48%Grade C
5%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)

1,056Total filings over 13 yrs
16.80%Avg annual filing rate
23.1%Peak (2006)
95Filings in 2015 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2002 to 2015

Filings climbed 86% over the past 13 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

1,010Total filings 2020-21
13.1Avg monthly (observed)
6.0Pre-pandemic baseline
2.21×Ratio to baseline

Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 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.

21.1%Housing insecurity
16.4%Utility-shutoff threat
27.6%Food insecurity
25.6%SNAP enrollment
14.6%Transit barriers
12.6%No health insurance
23.7%Frequent mental distress
33.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Vassor Village

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.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,056 eviction filings here over 13 tracked years, with about 16.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 23.1% of renter households in 2006.

Part of this tract, about 5% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 39049006000

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049006000?

Census tract 39049006000 in the Vassor Village neighborhood scores 5/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 39049006000?

Median gross rent is $1,203/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 39049006000?

20.1% of residents in tract 39049006000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,952.

How socially vulnerable is tract 39049006000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 46th, minority 56th, housing 36th.

Is tract 39049006000 considered part of Vassor Village?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39049006000 fall within Vassor Village (neighborhood centroid within 0.0 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049006000?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,056 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39049006000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 16.80% of renter households, peaking at 23.1% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Did eviction filings in tract 39049006000 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 2.21× 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.

What share of households in tract 39049006000 struggle to pay rent?

About 21.1% 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. 16.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 39049006000 compare to Columbus overall?

Tract 39049006000 scores 5/10, 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 39049006000 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. 5% 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.

Eviction Lab tract-level court records (2000-2018) and Eviction Tracking System, Princeton University. Open Data Commons Attribution license. evictionlab.org