Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Deshler Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Columbus
Tract 39049008710 · Franklin County, OH · pop 2,164 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Tract 39049008710 sits in the Deshler Park area of Columbus eviction risk, OH, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.4/10. It is home to 2,164 residents. 27% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Franklin County average of 41.6%.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units1,154
Renter share22.2%
SVI overall0.72
Poverty rate17.2%
Median income$48,500
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
58
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
83
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbus and the region
Centroid at 39.9377, -82.9563 · click any tract to drill in
Why Deshler Park scores 5.4
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
17.2% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$1,089 rent vs county FMR
2.5
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 Deshler Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 72
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 75%Socioeconomic
- 48%Household composition
- 78%Racial/ethnic minority
- 61%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 15%Grade B
- 3%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
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)
- 1,444Total filings over 13 yrs
- 33.34%Avg annual filing rate
- 51.5%Peak (2012)
- 96Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 78% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 421Total filings 2020-21
- 5.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 9.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.59×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Columbus, OH as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
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.
- 19.8%Housing insecurity
- 15.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 24.9%Food insecurity
- 22.1%SNAP enrollment
- 12.6%Transit barriers
- 9.3%No health insurance
- 18.4%Frequent mental distress
- 32.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Deshler Park
Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8/10.
The severe-burden share is 14%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.4/10. It sits 1.0 points above the Franklin County average of 4.4.
Average gross rent is $1,089, 16% below the Columbus average. Court records carry 1,444 eviction filings across 13 observed years. Food insecurity runs 24.9% against 17.8% nationally.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 15.6% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Filings peaked in 2012 at 51.5% of renter households.
This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 39049008710
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049008710?
Census tract 39049008710 in the Deshler Park neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (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 39049008710?
Median gross rent is $1,089/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39049008710?
17.2% of residents in tract 39049008710 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,164.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39049008710?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 48th, minority 78th, housing 61th.
Q5
Is tract 39049008710 considered part of Deshler Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39049008710 fall within Deshler Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049008710?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,444 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39049008710 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 33.34% of renter households, peaking at 51.5% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 39049008710 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.59× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Columbus eviction risk, OH), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 39049008710 struggle to pay rent?
About 19.8% 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. 15.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 39049008710 compare to Columbus overall?
Tract 39049008710 scores 5.4/10, 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 39049008710 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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.
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