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Neighborhood · Ranked #34,332 of 84,120 nationally

Far West Columbus Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 39049008171 · Franklin County, OH · pop 3,181 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

The Moderate-tier score of 5.3/10 for census tract 39049008171 reflects conditions in the Far West Columbus neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio. That is riskier than roughly 49% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 38% of renter households, a high level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,116 a month while the average household earns $59,003 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. About 80% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30% Stable renters 50% Owners 20%
Tract context
Occupied units1,727
Renter share80.1%
SVI overall0.29
Poverty rate13.8%
Median income$59,003

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 6 tracts In Far West Columbus
Very High
Within parent city
47 th percentile
Rank, 47th percentileLowHigh
#126 of 238 tracts In Columbus
Moderate
Within county
59 th percentile
Rank, 59th percentileLowHigh
#134 of 328 tracts In Franklin County
Elevated
Within state
68 th percentile
Rank, 68th percentileLowHigh
#1,022 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Columbus and the region

Centroid at 39.9702, -83.1542 · click any tract to drill in

Why Far West Columbus scores 4.4

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
13.8% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$1,116 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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 Far West Columbus compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Far West Columbus risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.44.4This tracttract 008171Columbus: 3.13.1Columbusparent cityCounty: 3.93.9Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 29

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)

  • 872Total filings 2020-21
  • 11.3Avg monthly (observed)
  • 8.1Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.41×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline2020-01-01: 8 filings (0.80× baseline)2020-02-01: 7 filings (0.64× baseline)2020-03-01: 3 filings (0.24× baseline)2020-04-01: 1 filings (0.15× baseline)2020-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-06-01: 3 filings (0.35× baseline)2020-07-01: 2 filings (0.21× baseline)2020-08-01: 2 filings (0.25× baseline)2020-09-01: 18 filings (1.93× baseline)2020-10-01: 7 filings (0.91× baseline)2020-11-01: 13 filings (3.90× baseline)2020-12-01: 7 filings (0.91× baseline)2021-01-01: 1 filings (0.10× baseline)2021-02-01: 4 filings (0.36× baseline)2021-03-01: 12 filings (0.95× baseline)2021-04-01: 4 filings (0.60× baseline)2021-05-01: 7 filings (0.78× baseline)2021-06-01: 9 filings (1.04× baseline)2021-07-01: 3 filings (0.32× baseline)2021-08-01: 11 filings (1.38× baseline)2021-09-01: 7 filings (0.75× baseline)2021-10-01: 7 filings (0.91× baseline)2021-11-01: 10 filings (3.00× baseline)2021-12-01: 4 filings (0.52× baseline)2022-01-01: 3 filings (0.30× baseline)2022-02-01: 5 filings (0.45× baseline)2022-03-01: 2 filings (0.16× baseline)2022-04-01: 3 filings (0.45× baseline)2022-05-01: 6 filings (0.67× baseline)2022-06-01: 9 filings (1.04× baseline)2022-07-01: 7 filings (0.75× baseline)2022-08-01: 12 filings (1.50× baseline)2022-09-01: 7 filings (0.75× baseline)2022-10-01: 22 filings (2.87× baseline)2022-11-01: 14 filings (4.20× baseline)2022-12-01: 11 filings (1.43× baseline)2023-01-01: 10 filings (1.00× baseline)2023-02-01: 9 filings (0.82× baseline)2023-03-01: 12 filings (0.95× baseline)2023-04-01: 19 filings (2.85× baseline)2023-05-01: 10 filings (1.11× baseline)2023-06-01: 16 filings (1.85× baseline)2023-07-01: 30 filings (3.22× baseline)2023-08-01: 23 filings (2.88× baseline)2023-09-01: 17 filings (1.82× baseline)2023-10-01: 15 filings (1.96× baseline)2023-11-01: 20 filings (6.01× baseline)2023-12-01: 28 filings (3.65× baseline)2024-01-01: 19 filings (1.90× baseline)2024-02-01: 29 filings (2.64× baseline)2024-03-01: 6 filings (0.47× baseline)2024-04-01: 15 filings (2.25× baseline)2024-05-01: 15 filings (1.67× baseline)2024-06-01: 22 filings (2.54× baseline)2024-07-01: 10 filings (1.07× baseline)2024-08-01: 25 filings (3.13× baseline)2024-09-01: 4 filings (0.43× baseline)2024-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-11-01: 10 filings (3.00× baseline)2024-12-01: 13 filings (1.69× baseline)2025-01-01: 16 filings (1.60× baseline)2025-02-01: 24 filings (2.18× baseline)2025-03-01: 10 filings (0.79× baseline)2025-04-01: 12 filings (1.80× baseline)2025-05-01: 24 filings (2.67× baseline)2025-06-01: 9 filings (1.04× baseline)2025-07-01: 9 filings (0.96× baseline)2025-08-01: 9 filings (1.13× baseline)2025-09-01: 25 filings (2.68× baseline)2025-10-01: 15 filings (1.96× baseline)2025-11-01: 1 filings (0.30× baseline)2025-12-01: 11 filings (1.43× baseline)2026-01-01: 36 filings (360.00× baseline)2026-02-01: 13 filings (130.00× baseline)2026-03-01: 11 filings (110.00× baseline)2026-04-01: 17 filings (170.00× baseline)2026-05-01: 2 filings (20.00× 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 Far West Columbus. 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 Far West Columbus

What moves this score most 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 in line with the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 1.41x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, above pre-pandemic levels.

In CDC survey modeling, about 14.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 39049008171

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049008171?

Census tract 39049008171 in the Far West Columbus 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 39049008171?

Median gross rent is $1,116/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39049008171?

13.8% of residents in tract 39049008171 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,181.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39049008171?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 29th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 22th, minority 66th, housing 13th.
Q5

Is tract 39049008171 considered part of Far West Columbus?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39049008171 fall within Far West Columbus (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 39049008171 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.41× 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 39049008171 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.1% 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. 10.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 39049008171 compare to Columbus overall?

Tract 39049008171 scores 4.4/10, higher 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Columbus

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

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