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Neighborhood · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally

Knolls West Eviction Risk: Moderate , Columbus

Tract 39049006352 · Franklin County, OH · pop 3,533 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

With a score of 4.8/10, tract 39049006352 in the Knolls West area of Columbus, OH reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,533 residents. This is renter territory: 95% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 40% Stable renters 55% Owners 5%
Tract context
Occupied units1,955
Renter share95.1%
SVI overall0.28
Poverty rate13.8%
Median income$60,050

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Knolls West
Very Low
Within parent city
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#129 of 238 tracts In Columbus
Moderate
Within county
58 th percentile
Rank, 58th percentileLowHigh
#137 of 328 tracts In Franklin County
Elevated
Within state
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#1,036 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Columbus and the region

Centroid at 40.0552, -83.0505 · click any tract to drill in

Why Knolls West scores 4.8

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
13.8% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$1,252 rent vs county FMR
3.7
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 Knolls West compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Knolls West risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.8This tracttract 0063524.3Columbusparent city4.4Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 28

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)

  • 620Total filings over 13 yrs
  • 3.37%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.2%Peak (2004)
  • 36Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 39049006352
Filings dropped 23% over the past 13 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 604Total filings 2020-21
  • 7.8Avg monthly (observed)
  • 2.7Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 2.96×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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Knolls West. 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 Knolls West

The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8/10. Disability prevalence runs 19.3% against 31.5% nationally.

On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.4/10. Severe burden reaches 10%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

The filing record is not thin: 620 evictions over 13 years of observation. SNAP participation runs 7.3% against 15.2% nationally.

Filings peaked in 2004 at 4.2% of renter households. In a typical year about 3.4% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 58th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.5/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

Rent takes 30% or more of income for 42% of renters. It tracks the Franklin County average of 4.4 closely.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 39049006352

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049006352?

Census tract 39049006352 in the Knolls West neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (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 39049006352?

Median gross rent is $1,252/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39049006352?

13.8% of residents in tract 39049006352 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,533.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39049006352?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 1th, minority 58th, housing 49th.
Q5

Is tract 39049006352 considered part of Knolls West?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39049006352 fall within Knolls West (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049006352?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 620 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39049006352 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.37% of renter households, peaking at 4.2% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 39049006352 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 2.96× 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 39049006352 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.5% 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. 6.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9

How does tract 39049006352 compare to Columbus overall?

Tract 39049006352 scores 4.8/10, higher 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Columbus

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

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