Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally
Knolls-Thomas Eviction Risk: Moderate , Columbus
Tract 39049007812 · Franklin County, OH · pop 4,727 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
With a score of 4.7/10, tract 39049007812 in the Knolls-Thomas area of Columbus, OH reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,727 residents. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27%
Stable renters 35%
Owners 38%
Tract context
Occupied units2,106
Renter share62.3%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate17.9%
Median income$82,816
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
42
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
57
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
66
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbus and the region
Centroid at 40.0472, -83.0367 · click any tract to drill in
Why Knolls-Thomas scores 4.7
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
17.9% poverty · this tract
4.5
Supply constraint
$1,655 rent vs county FMR
6.5
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 Knolls-Thomas compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 39
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 43%Socioeconomic
- 7%Household composition
- 44%Racial/ethnic minority
- 71%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 1%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 444Total filings over 13 yrs
- 3.06%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.8%Peak (2011)
- 15Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 40% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 521Total filings 2020-21
- 6.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 3.10×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Columbus, OH as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
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.
- 8.1%Housing insecurity
- 5.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.6%Food insecurity
- 7.4%SNAP enrollment
- 6.8%Transit barriers
- 6.9%No health insurance
- 16.6%Frequent mental distress
- 25.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Knolls-Thomas
At $1,655 a month, rents run 28% over what the rest of Columbus commands. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8/10.
Severe burden reaches 15%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.4/10.
Court records carry 444 eviction filings across 13 observed years. The voucher gap is 14.5%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. SNAP participation runs 7.4% against 15.2% nationally.
Food insecurity runs 10.6% against 17.8% nationally. Filings peaked in 2011 at 4.8% of renter households. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground B ("Still Desirable"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.
In a typical year about 3.1% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 55% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 39049007812
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049007812?
Census tract 39049007812 in the Knolls-Thomas neighborhood scores 4.7/10 (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 39049007812?
Median gross rent is $1,655/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39049007812?
17.9% of residents in tract 39049007812 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,727.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39049007812?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 43th, household 7th, minority 44th, housing 71th.
Q5
Is tract 39049007812 considered part of Knolls-Thomas?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39049007812 fall within Knolls-Thomas (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049007812?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 444 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39049007812 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.06% of renter households, peaking at 4.8% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 39049007812 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 3.10× 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 39049007812 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.1% 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. 5.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 39049007812 compare to Columbus overall?
Tract 39049007812 scores 4.7/10, 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.
Q10
Was tract 39049007812 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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