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Census Tract · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally

Columbus Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 39049006240 · Franklin County, OH · pop 4,699 · 56% of tract blocks fall in Columbus

39049006240 is a census tract in Columbus, OH. It scores 4.2/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,699 residents. Against Franklin County at 41.6%, 24% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7% Stable renters 21% Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units2,588
Renter share27.9%
SVI overall0.19
Poverty rate13.9%
Median income$85,811

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#159 of 238 tracts In Columbus
Low
Within county
47 th percentile
Rank, 47th percentileLowHigh
#175 of 328 tracts In Franklin County
Moderate
Within state
57 th percentile
Rank, 57th percentileLowHigh
#1,370 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Elevated
National
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#45,786 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Columbus and the region

Centroid at 40.0814, -83.1933 · click any tract to drill in

Why Columbus scores 4.2

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
13.9% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$1,816 rent vs county FMR
7.6
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 Columbus compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Columbus risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.2This tracttract 0062404.3Columbusparent city4.4Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 19

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

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)

  • 142Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.8Avg monthly (observed)
  • 1.4Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.29×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Columbus, OH as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Columbus

At $1,816 a month, rents run 40% over what the rest of Columbus commands. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10. The voucher gap is 25.7%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.

Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 2.4/10. 11% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

SNAP participation runs 6.6% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 9.6% against 17.8% nationally. Nationally it ranks #45,786 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.7/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

It tracks the Franklin County average of 4.4 closely. Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $85,811. 28% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 39049006240

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049006240?

Census tract 39049006240 in Columbus scores 4.2/10 (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 39049006240?

Median gross rent is $1,816/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 24% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39049006240?

13.9% of residents in tract 39049006240 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,699.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39049006240?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 19th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 23th, household 12th, minority 43th, housing 32th.
Q5

Did eviction filings in tract 39049006240 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.29× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Columbus eviction risk, OH), 2020-2021.
Q6

What share of households in tract 39049006240 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.4% 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. 6.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 39049006240 compare to Columbus overall?

Tract 39049006240 scores 4.2/10, right in line with 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Columbus

Top eight tracts in Columbus ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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