Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #57,812 of 84,120 nationally
Project QT Eviction Risk: Lower , Columbus
Tract 39049007941 · Franklin County, OH · pop 2,934 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
39049007941 is a census tract in the Project QT area of Columbus, OH. It scores 3.5/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,934 residents. The severe-burden share is 37%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units1,373
Renter share41.2%
SVI overall0.16
Poverty rate12.5%
Median income$105,268
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
20
th percentile
Low
Within county
36
th percentile
Low
Within state
42
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbus and the region
Centroid at 40.0013, -83.1015 · click any tract to drill in
Why Project QT scores 3.5
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
12.5% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$1,663 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 Project QT compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 16
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 19%Socioeconomic
- 10%Household composition
- 39%Racial/ethnic minority
- 34%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)
- 213Total filings over 13 yrs
- 4.25%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.4%Peak (2005)
- 9Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 44% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 239Total filings 2020-21
- 3.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 3.73×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.
- 8.2%Housing insecurity
- 6.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.6%Food insecurity
- 7.1%SNAP enrollment
- 6.0%Transit barriers
- 6.2%No health insurance
- 16.9%Frequent mental distress
- 20.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Project QT
56% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Franklin County average of 41.6%. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10. Average gross rent is $1,663, 28% above the Columbus average.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.4/10.
It sits 0.9 points below the Franklin County average of 4.4. Court records carry 213 eviction filings across 13 observed years.
The voucher gap is 15.1%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Food insecurity runs 9.6% against 17.8% nationally.
SNAP participation runs 7.1% against 15.2% nationally. The worst year on record was 2005, when 8.4% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 4.3% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 31% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 2.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 39049007941
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049007941?
Census tract 39049007941 in the Project QT neighborhood scores 3.5/10 (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 39049007941?
Median gross rent is $1,663/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39049007941?
12.5% of residents in tract 39049007941 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,934.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39049007941?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 16th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 19th, household 10th, minority 39th, housing 34th.
Q5
Is tract 39049007941 considered part of Project QT?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39049007941 fall within Project QT (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049007941?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 213 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39049007941 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.25% of renter households, peaking at 8.4% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 39049007941 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 3.73× 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 39049007941 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.2% 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. 6.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 39049007941 compare to Columbus overall?
Tract 39049007941 scores 3.5/10, 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.
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