Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #59,654 of 84,120 nationally
Riverbend Eviction Risk: Lower , Columbus
Tract 39049008360 · Franklin County, OH · pop 6,496 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Census tract 39049008360 covers part of the Riverbend area of Columbus, OH, and scores 3.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units2,482
Renter share18.9%
SVI overall0.26
Poverty rate7.3%
Median income$86,066
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
18
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
35
th percentile
Low
Within state
40
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbus and the region
Centroid at 39.9244, -83.0802 · click any tract to drill in
Why Riverbend scores 3.4
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
7.3% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,396 rent vs county FMR
4.7
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 Riverbend compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 26
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 17%Socioeconomic
- 66%Household composition
- 28%Racial/ethnic minority
- 29%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 343Total filings over 13 yrs
- 7.64%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.3%Peak (2006)
- 28Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 212Total filings 2020-21
- 2.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.38×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 Riverbend. 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.
- 11.4%Housing insecurity
- 7.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.5%Food insecurity
- 9.6%SNAP enrollment
- 7.5%Transit barriers
- 9.0%No health insurance
- 18.5%Frequent mental distress
- 25.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Riverbend
On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.8/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8/10.
Against the Franklin County average of 4.4, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 343 filings here across 13 tracked years.
Filings peaked in 2006 at 10.3% of renter households. In a typical year about 7.6% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #59,654 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 19% 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. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.4/10.
Statewide the OH average is 4.2, so this tract runs 0.8 points cooler. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.
40% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. Average gross rent is $1,396, close to the Columbus average.
Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $86,066.
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 39049008360
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049008360?
Census tract 39049008360 in the Riverbend neighborhood scores 3.4/10 (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 39049008360?
Median gross rent is $1,396/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39049008360?
7.3% of residents in tract 39049008360 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,496.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39049008360?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 26th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 17th, household 66th, minority 28th, housing 29th.
Q5
Is tract 39049008360 considered part of Riverbend?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39049008360 fall within Riverbend (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049008360?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 343 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39049008360 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.64% of renter households, peaking at 10.3% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 39049008360 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.38× 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.
Q8
What share of households in tract 39049008360 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.4% 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. 7.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 39049008360 compare to Columbus overall?
Tract 39049008360 scores 3.4/10, 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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