Within parent city
26
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #50,654 of 84,120 nationally
Columbus Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 39049008170 · Franklin County, OH · pop 5,585 · 33% of tract blocks fall in Columbus
With a score of 3.9/10, tract 39049008170 in Columbus, OH reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,585. The severe-burden share is 44%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units1,809
Renter share12.2%
SVI overall0.18
Poverty rate13.4%
Median income$93,265
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
51
th percentile
Moderate
National
40
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbus and the region
Centroid at 39.9194, -83.1964 · click any tract to drill in
Why Columbus scores 3.9
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
13.4% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$1,450 rent vs county FMR
5.0
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: 18
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 24%Socioeconomic
- 39%Household composition
- 51%Racial/ethnic minority
- 10%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)
- 279Total filings 2020-21
- 3.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 5.81×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.
- 12.0%Housing insecurity
- 8.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.4%Food insecurity
- 12.5%SNAP enrollment
- 8.4%Transit barriers
- 9.4%No health insurance
- 18.9%Frequent mental distress
- 28.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Columbus
Cost burden runs 58% here against 41.6% across Franklin County. Pulling hardest the other way 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. Average gross rent is $1,450, 12% above the Columbus average. Nationally it ranks #50,654 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Only 12% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Social vulnerability reads 2.6/10 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. Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $93,265.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 39049008170
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049008170?
Census tract 39049008170 in Columbus scores 3.9/10 (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 39049008170?
Median gross rent is $1,450/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39049008170?
13.4% of residents in tract 39049008170 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,585.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39049008170?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 18th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 24th, household 39th, minority 51th, housing 10th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 39049008170 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 5.81× 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 39049008170 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.0% 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. 8.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 39049008170 compare to Columbus overall?
Tract 39049008170 scores 3.9/10, 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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