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North Linden Eviction Risk: Moderate , Columbus

Tract 39049007722 · Franklin County, OH · pop 4,262 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

Census tract 39049007722 covers part of the North Linden area of Columbus, OH, and scores 5.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1.2/10.

Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 20% Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units1,579
Renter share36.5%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate19.1%
Median income$53,469

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
25 th percentile
Rank, 25th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 5 tracts In North Linden
Low
Within parent city
58 th percentile
Rank, 58th percentileLowHigh
#100 of 238 tracts In Columbus
Elevated
Within county
69 th percentile
Rank, 69th percentileLowHigh
#104 of 328 tracts In Franklin County
Elevated
Within state
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#527 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Columbus and the region

Centroid at 40.0462, -82.9656 · click any tract to drill in

Why North Linden scores 5.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
19.1% poverty · this tract
4.8
Supply constraint
$890 rent vs county FMR
1.2
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 North Linden compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
North Linden risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.5This tracttract 0077224.3Columbusparent city4.4Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 89

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)

  • 1,399Total filings over 13 yrs
  • 18.58%Avg annual filing rate
  • 24.6%Peak (2004)
  • 83Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 39049007722
Filings dropped 18% over the past 13 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 712Total filings 2020-21
  • 9.3Avg monthly (observed)
  • 6.9Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.34×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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 North Linden. 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 North Linden

Average gross rent is $890, 31% below the Columbus average. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. Severe burden reaches 16%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8/10. It sits 1.1 points above the Franklin County average of 4.4.

The poverty rate is 19%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,399 filings here across 13 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2004 at 24.6% of renter households.

In a typical year about 18.6% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 72% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9/10.

Statewide the OH average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.3 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 39049007722

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049007722?

Census tract 39049007722 in the North Linden neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (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 39049007722?

Median gross rent is $890/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39049007722?

19.1% of residents in tract 39049007722 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,262.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39049007722?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 96th, minority 67th, housing 64th.
Q5

Is tract 39049007722 considered part of North Linden?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39049007722 fall within North Linden (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049007722?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,399 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39049007722 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 18.58% of renter households, peaking at 24.6% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 39049007722 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.34× 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 39049007722 struggle to pay rent?

About 18.2% 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. 13.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9

How does tract 39049007722 compare to Columbus overall?

Tract 39049007722 scores 5.5/10, 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Columbus

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

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