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Census Tract · Ranked #73,892 of 84,120 nationally

Gahanna Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 39049007426 · Franklin County, OH · pop 3,752

Census tract 39049007426 sits in Gahanna eviction risk, Ohio eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.3/10. It lands near the 49th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

33% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,497 a month against an average household income of $104,189 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 44% of occupied homes.

Risk score
2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 29% Owners 56%
Tract context
Occupied units1,601
Renter share43.7%
SVI overall0.06
Poverty rate6.0%
Median income$104,189

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 9 tracts In Gahanna
Moderate
Within county
16 th percentile
Rank, 16th percentileLowHigh
#277 of 328 tracts In Franklin County
Very Low
Within state
15 th percentile
Rank, 15th percentileLowHigh
#2,701 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Very Low
National
12 th percentile
Rank, 12th percentileLowHigh
#73,892 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Gahanna and the region

Centroid at 40.0202, -82.8726 · click any tract to drill in

Why Gahanna scores 2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Gahanna
6.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.6
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
6.0% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,497 rent vs county FMR
5.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Gahanna
5.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Gahanna
6.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Gahanna
4.5

How Gahanna compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Gahanna risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 2.02.0This tracttract 007426Gahanna: 2.42.4Gahannaparent cityCounty: 3.93.9Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 6

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)

  • 138Total filings over 13 yrs
  • 3.06%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.7%Peak (2004)
  • 7Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 390490074262002: 15 filings (4.72/100 renter HHs)2003: 12 filings (3.77/100 renter HHs)2004: 18 filings (5.66/100 renter HHs)2005: 10 filings (2.95/100 renter HHs)2006: 8 filings (2.36/100 renter HHs)2007: 10 filings (2.95/100 renter HHs)2008: 9 filings (2.66/100 renter HHs)2009: 17 filings (5.02/100 renter HHs)2010: 9 filings (2.65/100 renter HHs)2011: 6 filings (1.41/100 renter HHs)2012: 10 filings (2.34/100 renter HHs)2013: 7 filings (1.64/100 renter HHs)2015: 7 filings (1.64/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 53% over the past 13 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 79Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.0Avg monthly (observed)
  • 1.2Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.88×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline2020-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-10-01: 2 filings (6.06× baseline)2020-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-03-01: 2 filings (1.50× baseline)2021-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-12-01: 2 filings (1.20× baseline)2022-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-04-01: 2 filings (1.50× baseline)2022-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-06-01: 2 filings (0.86× baseline)2022-07-01: 2 filings (6.06× baseline)2022-08-01: 3 filings (9.09× baseline)2022-09-01: 1 filings (0.37× baseline)2022-10-01: 1 filings (3.03× baseline)2022-11-01: 1 filings (1.49× baseline)2022-12-01: 1 filings (0.60× baseline)2023-01-01: 7 filings (5.26× baseline)2023-02-01: 1 filings (0.60× baseline)2023-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-05-01: 1 filings (1.00× baseline)2023-06-01: 1 filings (0.43× baseline)2023-07-01: 1 filings (3.03× baseline)2023-08-01: 2 filings (6.06× baseline)2023-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-12-01: 1 filings (0.60× baseline)2024-01-01: 9 filings (6.77× baseline)2024-02-01: 1 filings (0.60× baseline)2024-03-01: 1 filings (0.75× baseline)2024-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-05-01: 4 filings (4.00× baseline)2024-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-07-01: 1 filings (3.03× baseline)2024-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-09-01: 1 filings (0.37× baseline)2024-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-11-01: 2 filings (2.99× baseline)2024-12-01: 1 filings (0.60× baseline)2025-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-02-01: 1 filings (0.60× baseline)2025-03-01: 4 filings (3.01× baseline)2025-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-07-01: 2 filings (6.06× baseline)2025-08-01: 7 filings (21.21× baseline)2025-09-01: 4 filings (1.50× baseline)2025-10-01: 1 filings (3.03× baseline)2025-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-12-01: 1 filings (0.60× baseline)2026-01-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2026-02-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)2026-03-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2026-04-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2026-05-01: 1 filings (10.00× 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

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 Gahanna

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 6.6/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Gahanna eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Franklin County average of 5.4 and in line with the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 6th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.88x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 39049007426

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049007426?

Census tract 39049007426 in Gahanna scores 2/10 (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 39049007426?

Median gross rent is $1,497/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39049007426?

6.0% of residents in tract 39049007426 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,752.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39049007426?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 6th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 8th, household 10th, minority 21th, housing 17th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049007426?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 138 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39049007426 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.06% of renter households, peaking at 5.7% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 39049007426 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.88× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Columbus eviction risk, OH), 2020-2021.
Q7

What share of households in tract 39049007426 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.2% 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. 5.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 39049007426 compare to Gahanna overall?

Tract 39049007426 scores 2/10, lower than the parent city of Gahanna at 2.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Gahanna eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Gahanna

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

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