Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #34,278 of 84,120 nationally
Northgate Eviction Risk: Moderate , Columbus
Tract 39049007114 · Franklin County, OH · pop 5,242 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
With a score of 4.9/10, tract 39049007114 in the Northgate area of Columbus, OH reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,242 residents. Severe burden reaches 33%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units2,176
Renter share55.5%
SVI overall0.53
Poverty rate13.8%
Median income$56,818
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
49
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
60
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
69
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbus and the region
Centroid at 40.0992, -82.9361 · click any tract to drill in
Why Northgate scores 4.9
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
13.8% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$1,323 rent vs county FMR
4.2
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 Northgate compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 53
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 56%Socioeconomic
- 64%Household composition
- 60%Racial/ethnic minority
- 32%Housing & transportation
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)
- 877Total filings over 13 yrs
- 6.09%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.3%Peak (2003)
- 41Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 51% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 231Total filings 2020-21
- 3.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.75×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Columbus, OH as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Northgate. 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.
- 14.7%Housing insecurity
- 11.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.6%Food insecurity
- 14.9%SNAP enrollment
- 9.8%Transit barriers
- 8.4%No health insurance
- 19.3%Frequent mental distress
- 27.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Northgate
The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10. Cost burden runs 52% here against 41.6% across Franklin County. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8/10.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.4/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 877 filings here across 13 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2003 at 9.3% of renter households.
In a typical year about 6.1% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 59th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
It tracks the Franklin County average of 4.4 closely. Average gross rent is $1,323, close to the Columbus average. Annual rent works out to 28% of average household income of $56,818.
55% 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 39049007114
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049007114?
Census tract 39049007114 in the Northgate neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (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 39049007114?
Median gross rent is $1,323/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39049007114?
13.8% of residents in tract 39049007114 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,242.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39049007114?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 53th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 64th, minority 60th, housing 32th.
Q5
Is tract 39049007114 considered part of Northgate?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39049007114 fall within Northgate (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049007114?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 877 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39049007114 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.09% of renter households, peaking at 9.3% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 39049007114 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.75× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Columbus eviction risk, OH), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 39049007114 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.7% 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. 11.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 39049007114 compare to Columbus overall?
Tract 39049007114 scores 4.9/10, 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.
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