Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally
Easton Eviction Risk: Moderate , Columbus
Tract 39049007202 · Franklin County, OH · pop 3,601 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi
Census tract 39049007202 covers part of the Easton area of Columbus, OH, and scores 4.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,601 residents. 27% 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
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 36%
Tract context
Occupied units1,671
Renter share63.3%
SVI overall0.55
Poverty rate16.1%
Median income$69,023
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
46
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
59
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
67
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbus and the region
Centroid at 40.0692, -82.8976 · click any tract to drill in
Why Easton scores 4.8
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
16.1% poverty · this tract
4.0
Supply constraint
$1,183 rent vs county FMR
3.2
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 Easton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 55
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 65%Socioeconomic
- 13%Household composition
- 72%Racial/ethnic minority
- 62%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)
- 605Total filings over 13 yrs
- 6.25%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.0%Peak (2007)
- 67Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 86% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 454Total filings 2020-21
- 5.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.32×Ratio to 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 Easton. 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.
- 15.2%Housing insecurity
- 11.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.5%Food insecurity
- 15.4%SNAP enrollment
- 10.2%Transit barriers
- 8.9%No health insurance
- 19.4%Frequent mental distress
- 26.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Easton
The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8/10.
Running cool, state political climate reads 2.4/10. 47% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Franklin County average of 41.6%. The filing record is not thin: 605 evictions over 13 years of observation.
Filings peaked in 2007 at 10.0% of renter households. At $1,183 a month, rents run 9% under what the rest of Columbus commands.
In a typical year about 6.2% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 58% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
It tracks the Franklin County average of 4.4 closely. Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $69,023.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 39049007202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049007202?
Census tract 39049007202 in the Easton 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 39049007202?
Median gross rent is $1,183/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39049007202?
16.1% of residents in tract 39049007202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,601.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39049007202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 65th, household 13th, minority 72th, housing 62th.
Q5
Is tract 39049007202 considered part of Easton?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39049007202 fall within Easton (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049007202?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 605 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39049007202 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.25% of renter households, peaking at 10.0% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 39049007202 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.32× 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 39049007202 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.2% 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. 11.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 39049007202 compare to Columbus overall?
Tract 39049007202 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.
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