Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #42,813 of 84,120 nationally
Charleston Ridge Eviction Risk: Moderate , Columbus
Tract 39049008168 · Franklin County, OH · pop 3,702 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
39049008168 is a census tract in the Charleston Ridge area of Columbus, OH. It scores 4.4/10 for landlords. The severe-burden share is 33%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units1,443
Renter share39.0%
SVI overall0.25
Poverty rate12.4%
Median income$72,478
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
35
th percentile
Low
Within county
49
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
60
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbus and the region
Centroid at 39.9013, -83.1355 · click any tract to drill in
Why Charleston Ridge scores 4.4
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
12.4% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$1,323 rent vs county FMR
4.2
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 Charleston Ridge compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 25
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 37%Socioeconomic
- 21%Household composition
- 51%Racial/ethnic minority
- 21%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)
- 460Total filings 2020-21
- 6.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.95×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
Within Charleston Ridge. 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.
- 13.8%Housing insecurity
- 9.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.2%Food insecurity
- 12.3%SNAP enrollment
- 9.1%Transit barriers
- 9.4%No health insurance
- 20.2%Frequent mental distress
- 26.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Charleston Ridge
The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.4/10.
Against Franklin County at 41.6%, 47% of renters here are cost-burdened. That is riskier than roughly 49% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 3.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Franklin County average of 4.4 closely. Average gross rent is $1,323, close to the Columbus average.
Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $72,478. 39% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 39049008168
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049008168?
Census tract 39049008168 in the Charleston Ridge neighborhood scores 4.4/10 (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 39049008168?
Median gross rent is $1,323/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39049008168?
12.4% of residents in tract 39049008168 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,702.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39049008168?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 25th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 37th, household 21th, minority 51th, housing 21th.
Q5
Is tract 39049008168 considered part of Charleston Ridge?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39049008168 fall within Charleston Ridge (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 39049008168 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.95× 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.
Q7
What share of households in tract 39049008168 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.8% 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. 9.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 39049008168 compare to Columbus overall?
Tract 39049008168 scores 4.4/10, right in line with 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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