Within parent city
22
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #56,048 of 84,120 nationally
Columbus Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 39049008380 · Franklin County, OH · pop 5,282 · 56% of tract blocks fall in Columbus
Census tract 39049008380 covers part of Columbus, OH, and scores 3.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,282 residents. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units1,515
Renter share26.9%
SVI overall0.56
Poverty rate8.9%
Median income$87,773
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
39
th percentile
Low
Within state
44
th percentile
Moderate
National
33
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbus and the region
Centroid at 39.9014, -83.0278 · click any tract to drill in
Why Columbus scores 3.6
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
8.9% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$1,277 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 Columbus compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 56
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 52%Socioeconomic
- 48%Household composition
- 48%Racial/ethnic minority
- 61%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)
- 513Total filings over 13 yrs
- 8.37%Avg annual filing rate
- 16.5%Peak (2003)
- 17Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 73% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 216Total filings 2020-21
- 2.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.24×Ratio to 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
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.
- 14.2%Housing insecurity
- 9.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.2%Food insecurity
- 12.8%SNAP enrollment
- 9.4%Transit barriers
- 10.7%No health insurance
- 20.5%Frequent mental distress
- 27.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Columbus
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 2.2/10.
36% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Franklin County average of 41.6%. The filing record is not thin: 513 evictions over 13 years of observation.
It sits 0.8 points below the Franklin County average of 4.4. Filings peaked in 2003 at 16.5% of renter households.
In a typical year about 8.4% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #56,048 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Social vulnerability reads 6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $87,773, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Average gross rent is $1,277, close to the Columbus average.
27% 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 39049008380
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049008380?
Census tract 39049008380 in Columbus scores 3.6/10 (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 39049008380?
Median gross rent is $1,277/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39049008380?
8.9% of residents in tract 39049008380 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,282.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39049008380?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 52th, household 48th, minority 48th, housing 61th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049008380?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 513 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39049008380 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.37% of renter households, peaking at 16.5% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 39049008380 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.24× 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 39049008380 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.2% 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. 9.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 39049008380 compare to Columbus overall?
Tract 39049008380 scores 3.6/10, 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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