Within parent city
4
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #63,481 of 84,120 nationally
Columbus Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 39049008166 · Franklin County, OH · pop 5,353 · 66% of tract blocks fall in Columbus
Tract 39049008166, home to 5,353 residents in Columbus, scores 5.4/10 for landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 52nd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 47% of renter households, a severe level, and 10% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,485 monthly, set against $119,524 in average yearly household income, roughly 15% of income at the averages. Renters make up 21% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units1,900
Renter share20.8%
SVI overall0.06
Poverty rate6.4%
Median income$119,524
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
22
th percentile
Low
Within state
31
th percentile
Low
National
25
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbus and the region
Centroid at 39.9554, -83.1742 · click any tract to drill in
Why Columbus scores 2.7
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
6.4% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,485 rent vs county FMR
5.3
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 Columbus compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 6
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 6%Socioeconomic
- 22%Household composition
- 39%Racial/ethnic minority
- 9%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 245Total filings 2020-21
- 3.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 3.14×Ratio to 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
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.
- 8.6%Housing insecurity
- 6.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.4%Food insecurity
- 6.4%SNAP enrollment
- 5.7%Transit barriers
- 6.2%No health insurance
- 16.8%Frequent mental distress
- 20.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Columbus
The heaviest input here is 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 about the same as 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 predominantly White and ranks around the 6th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 3.14x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, above pre-pandemic levels.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 39049008166
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049008166?
Census tract 39049008166 in Columbus scores 2.7/10 (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 39049008166?
Median gross rent is $1,485/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39049008166?
6.4% of residents in tract 39049008166 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,353.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39049008166?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 6th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 22th, minority 39th, housing 9th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 39049008166 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 3.14× 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.
Q6
What share of households in tract 39049008166 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.6% 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. 6.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 39049008166 compare to Columbus overall?
Tract 39049008166 scores 2.7/10, lower 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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