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Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Kendale Eviction Risk: Lower , Upper Arlington

Tract 39049006321 · Franklin County, OH · pop 4,405 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

39049006321 is a census tract in the Kendale area of Upper Arlington, OH. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,405. 80% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3% Stable renters 0% Owners 97%
Tract context
Occupied units1,612
Renter share3.4%
SVI overall0.07
Poverty rate1.2%
Median income$184,474

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Kendale
Moderate
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 9 tracts In Upper Arlington
Moderate
Within county
25 th percentile
Rank, 25th percentileLowHigh
#248 of 328 tracts In Franklin County
Low
Within state
31 th percentile
Rank, 31st percentileLowHigh
#2,197 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Upper Arlington and the region

Centroid at 40.0376, -83.0568 · click any tract to drill in

Why Kendale scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Upper Arlington
6.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.6
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
1.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,714 rent vs county FMR
6.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Upper Arlington
3.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Upper Arlington
4.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Upper Arlington
3.0

How Kendale compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Kendale risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 0063213.4Upper Arlingtonparent city4.4Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 7

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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 20Total filings over 8 yrs
  • 1.17%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.9%Peak (2004)
  • 2Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 39049006321
Filings dropped 100% over the past 13 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 17Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.2Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.1Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 2.13×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Kendale

Against Franklin County at 41.6%, 100% of renters here are cost-burdened. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.9/10.

Food insecurity runs 4.2% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 2.5% against 15.2% nationally. It sits 1.4 points below the Franklin County average of 4.4.

Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8/10. The voucher gap is 18.6%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.

Court records carry 20 eviction filings across 8 observed years. The worst year on record was 2004, when 1.9% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 1.2% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 39049006321

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049006321?

Census tract 39049006321 in the Kendale 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 39049006321?

Median gross rent is $1,714/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 100% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39049006321?

1.2% of residents in tract 39049006321 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,405.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39049006321?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 7th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 1th, household 50th, minority 24th, housing 18th.
Q5

Is tract 39049006321 considered part of Kendale?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39049006321 fall within Kendale (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049006321?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 20 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 39049006321 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.17% of renter households, peaking at 1.9% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 39049006321 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 2.13× 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.
Q8

What share of households in tract 39049006321 struggle to pay rent?

About 4.0% 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. 3.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9

How does tract 39049006321 compare to Upper Arlington overall?

Tract 39049006321 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Upper Arlington at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Upper Arlington eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Upper Arlington

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

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