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Neighborhood · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally

Cherry Creek Eviction Risk: Moderate , Columbus

Tract 39049008169 · Franklin County, OH · pop 4,421 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

39049008169 is a census tract in the Cherry Creek area of Columbus, OH. It scores 4.7/10 for landlords. The severe-burden share is 27%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20% Stable renters 23% Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units1,928
Renter share42.9%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate14.2%
Median income$66,014

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#3 of 4 tracts In Cherry Creek
Low
Within parent city
44 th percentile
Rank, 44th percentileLowHigh
#133 of 238 tracts In Columbus
Moderate
Within county
57 th percentile
Rank, 57th percentileLowHigh
#143 of 328 tracts In Franklin County
Elevated
Within state
66 th percentile
Rank, 66th percentileLowHigh
#1,088 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Columbus and the region

Centroid at 39.9258, -83.1532 · click any tract to drill in

Why Cherry Creek scores 4.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
14.2% poverty · this tract
3.6
Supply constraint
$1,267 rent vs county FMR
3.8
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 Cherry Creek compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Cherry Creek risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.7This tracttract 0081694.3Columbusparent city4.4Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 73

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 652Total filings 2020-21
  • 8.5Avg monthly (observed)
  • 7.4Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.14×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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 Cherry Creek. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Cherry Creek

The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8/10.

Running cool, state political climate reads 2.4/10. Against Franklin County at 41.6%, 46% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Nationally it ranks #37,882 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.6/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

It tracks the Franklin County average of 4.4 closely. Average gross rent is $1,267, close to the Columbus average.

Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $66,014. 43% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 39049008169

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049008169?

Census tract 39049008169 in the Cherry Creek 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 39049008169?

Median gross rent is $1,267/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39049008169?

14.2% of residents in tract 39049008169 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,421.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39049008169?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 88th, minority 43th, housing 46th.
Q5

Is tract 39049008169 considered part of Cherry Creek?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39049008169 fall within Cherry Creek (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 39049008169 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.14× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Columbus eviction risk, OH), 2020-2021.
Q7

What share of households in tract 39049008169 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.7% 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. 9.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 39049008169 compare to Columbus overall?

Tract 39049008169 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Columbus

Top eight tracts in Columbus ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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