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Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Easton Eviction Risk: Lower , Columbus

Tract 39049007494 · Franklin County, OH · pop 4,385 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

Tract 39049007494 sits in the Easton area of Gahanna eviction risk, OH, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. Population here is 4,385. Cost burden runs 8% here against 41.6% across Franklin County.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2% Stable renters 23% Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units1,525
Renter share25.0%
SVI overall0.22
Poverty rate5.3%
Median income$105,375

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Easton
Very Low
Within parent city
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 9 tracts In Columbus
High
Within county
11 th percentile
Rank, 11th percentileLowHigh
#293 of 328 tracts In Franklin County
Very Low
Within state
31 th percentile
Rank, 31st percentileLowHigh
#2,197 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Columbus and the region

Centroid at 40.0433, -82.8991 · click any tract to drill in

Why Easton scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Columbus
6.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.6
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
5.3% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$1,456 rent vs county FMR
5.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Columbus
5.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Columbus
6.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Columbus
4.5

How Easton compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Easton risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 0074944.3Columbusparent city4.4Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 22

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)

  • 222Total filings over 13 yrs
  • 7.04%Avg annual filing rate
  • 8.3%Peak (2005)
  • 7Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 39049007494
Filings dropped 63% over the past 13 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 80Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.0Avg monthly (observed)
  • 1.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.05×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran near 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Easton

The clearest offset is economic stress at 1.3/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8/10. It sits 1.4 points below the Franklin County average of 4.4.

Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.1/10. Court records carry 222 eviction filings across 13 observed years.

SNAP participation runs 8.1% against 15.2% nationally. Filings peaked in 2005 at 8.3% of renter households.

In a typical year about 7.0% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.9/10. Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $105,375, an unusually wide affordability cushion.

Statewide the OH average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.2 points cooler.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 39049007494

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049007494?

Census tract 39049007494 in the Easton neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 39049007494?

Median gross rent is $1,456/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 8% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39049007494?

5.3% of residents in tract 39049007494 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,385.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39049007494?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 22th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 14th, household 64th, minority 55th, housing 15th.
Q5

Is tract 39049007494 considered part of Easton?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39049007494 fall within Easton (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049007494?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 222 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39049007494 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.04% of renter households, peaking at 8.3% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 39049007494 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.05× 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 39049007494 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.6% 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. 7.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9

How does tract 39049007494 compare to Columbus overall?

Tract 39049007494 scores 3/10, 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Columbus

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

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