Northgate Eviction Risk: Moderate , Columbus

Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10. The severe-burden share is 22%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8/10. It sits 1.3 points above the Franklin County average of 4.4.

Food insecurity runs 28.7% against 17.8% nationally. The poverty rate is 21%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.4/10. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 17.3% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

At $1,141 a month, rents run 12% under what the rest of Columbus commands. Nationally it ranks #21,564 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Social vulnerability reads 8.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the OH average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

44% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. Annual rent works out to 28% of average household income of $48,860.

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