Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #28,017 of 84,120 nationally
Maize-Morse Eviction Risk: Moderate , Columbus
Tract 39049007730 · Franklin County, OH · pop 3,307 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
The Maize-Morse area of Columbus anchors census tract 39049007730, which lands at 5.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #27,491 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 54% of renter households, a severe level, and 46% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $974 a month against an average household income of $66,250 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 31% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units1,352
Renter share30.9%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate20.1%
Median income$66,250
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
56
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
68
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
75
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbus and the region
Centroid at 40.0574, -82.9892 · click any tract to drill in
Why Maize-Morse 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
20.1% poverty · this tract
5.0
Supply constraint
$974 rent vs county FMR
1.7
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 Maize-Morse compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 62
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 62%Socioeconomic
- 80%Household composition
- 69%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)
- 438Total filings over 13 yrs
- 9.10%Avg annual filing rate
- 24.1%Peak (2008)
- 18Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 25% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 163Total filings 2020-21
- 2.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.23×Ratio to 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 Maize-Morse. 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.
- 15.4%Housing insecurity
- 11.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.4%Food insecurity
- 16.7%SNAP enrollment
- 10.6%Transit barriers
- 10.9%No health insurance
- 19.2%Frequent mental distress
- 29.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Maize-Morse
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 5.5/10. 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 Columbus eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Franklin County average of 5.4 and above the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 62nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 1.23x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, roughly back to the pre-pandemic baseline.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 39049007730
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049007730?
Census tract 39049007730 in the Maize-Morse 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 39049007730?
Median gross rent is $974/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39049007730?
20.1% of residents in tract 39049007730 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,307.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39049007730?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 62th, household 80th, minority 69th, housing 32th.
Q5
Is tract 39049007730 considered part of Maize-Morse?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39049007730 fall within Maize-Morse (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049007730?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 438 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39049007730 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.10% of renter households, peaking at 24.1% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 39049007730 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.23× 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 39049007730 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.4% 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. 11.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 39049007730 compare to Columbus overall?
Tract 39049007730 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of Columbus at 3.1/10. 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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