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Neighborhood · Ranked #28,095 of 84,120 nationally

Brookshire Eviction Risk: Moderate , Columbus

Tract 39049008322 · Franklin County, OH · pop 4,865 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

39049008322 is a census tract in the Brookshire area of Columbus, OH. It scores 5.3/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,865. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10.

Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 31% Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units2,059
Renter share46.8%
SVI overall0.61
Poverty rate17.3%
Median income$56,141

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#3 of 4 tracts In Brookshire
Low
Within parent city
55 th percentile
Rank, 55th percentileLowHigh
#108 of 238 tracts In Columbus
Moderate
Within county
66 th percentile
Rank, 66th percentileLowHigh
#113 of 328 tracts In Franklin County
Elevated
Within state
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#798 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Columbus and the region

Centroid at 39.9339, -83.0652 · click any tract to drill in

Why Brookshire scores 5.3

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
17.3% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$1,037 rent vs county FMR
2.2
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 Brookshire compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Brookshire risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.3This tracttract 0083224.3Columbusparent city4.4Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 61

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 1,889Total filings over 13 yrs
  • 18.77%Avg annual filing rate
  • 26.4%Peak (2004)
  • 80Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 39049008322
Filings dropped 50% over the past 13 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 677Total filings 2020-21
  • 8.8Avg monthly (observed)
  • 7.5Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.17×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 Brookshire. 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 Brookshire

around a third of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Franklin County average of 41.6%. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8/10. The severe-burden share is 16%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.2/10. At $1,037 a month, rents run 20% under what the rest of Columbus commands. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,889 filings here across 13 tracked years.

Against the Franklin County average of 4.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points. Filings peaked in 2004 at 26.4% of renter households.

This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Columbus. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 18.8% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #28,095 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 6.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 39049008322

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049008322?

Census tract 39049008322 in the Brookshire neighborhood scores 5.3/10 (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 39049008322?

Median gross rent is $1,037/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39049008322?

17.3% of residents in tract 39049008322 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,865.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39049008322?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 56th, minority 53th, housing 29th.
Q5

Is tract 39049008322 considered part of Brookshire?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39049008322 fall within Brookshire (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049008322?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,889 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39049008322 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 18.77% of renter households, peaking at 26.4% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 39049008322 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.17× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Columbus eviction risk, OH), 2020-2021.
Q8

What share of households in tract 39049008322 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.9% 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. 12.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9

How does tract 39049008322 compare to Columbus overall?

Tract 39049008322 scores 5.3/10, 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.
Q10

Was tract 39049008322 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Columbus

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

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