Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #65,414 of 84,120 nationally
Sharon Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , Columbus
Tract 39049006822 · Franklin County, OH · pop 2,030 · neighborhood within 0.0 mi
Census tract 39049006822 covers part of the Sharon Heights area of Columbus, OH, and scores 3.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,030. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.1/10.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units994
Renter share19.8%
SVI overall0.04
Poverty rate4.6%
Median income$92,833
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
14
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
31
th percentile
Low
Within state
33
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbus and the region
Centroid at 40.0733, -83.0102 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sharon Heights 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
4.6% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,217 rent vs county FMR
3.4
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 Sharon Heights 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.
- 14%Socioeconomic
- 7%Household composition
- 25%Racial/ethnic minority
- 7%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
- 10%Grade B
- 42%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)
- 45Total filings over 13 yrs
- 2.10%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.2%Peak (2003)
- 2Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 33% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 11Total filings 2020-21
- 0.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.10×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near 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.
- 6.5%Housing insecurity
- 4.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.0%Food insecurity
- 4.9%SNAP enrollment
- 4.5%Transit barriers
- 5.0%No health insurance
- 15.1%Frequent mental distress
- 21.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sharon Heights
Cost burden runs 30% here against 41.6% across Franklin County. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8/10. It sits 1.3 points below the Franklin County average of 4.4.
Food insecurity runs 7.0% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 4.9% against 15.2% nationally.
Severe burden reaches 12%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Court records carry 45 eviction filings across 13 observed years.
Filings peaked in 2003 at 5.2% of renter households. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Columbus. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
In a typical year about 2.1% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #65,414 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 20% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.3/10.
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 39049006822
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049006822?
Census tract 39049006822 in the Sharon Heights 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 39049006822?
Median gross rent is $1,217/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39049006822?
4.6% of residents in tract 39049006822 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,030.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39049006822?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 4th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 14th, household 7th, minority 25th, housing 7th.
Q5
Is tract 39049006822 considered part of Sharon Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39049006822 fall within Sharon Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049006822?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 45 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39049006822 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.10% of renter households, peaking at 5.2% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 39049006822 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.10× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Columbus eviction risk, OH), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 39049006822 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.5% 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. 4.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 39049006822 compare to Columbus overall?
Tract 39049006822 scores 3.1/10, lower 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.
Q10
Was tract 39049006822 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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