Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally
Far South Columbus Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 39049008822 · Franklin County, OH · pop 4,350 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
Census tract 39049008822 covers part of the Far South Columbus area of Columbus, OH, and scores 5.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. Against Franklin County at 41.6%, 56% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units1,827
Renter share50.5%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate20.5%
Median income$36,135
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
62
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
84
th percentile
High
Within state
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbus and the region
Centroid at 39.8864, -83.0056 · click any tract to drill in
Why Far South Columbus scores 5.7
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
20.5% poverty · this tract
5.1
Supply constraint
$778 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 South Columbus compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 95
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 80%Socioeconomic
- 98%Household composition
- 59%Racial/ethnic minority
- 95%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)
- 993Total filings over 13 yrs
- 10.75%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.8%Peak (2008)
- 74Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 19% over the past 13 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 677Total filings 2020-21
- 8.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 5.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.54×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 Far South 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.
- 17.9%Housing insecurity
- 13.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 25.2%Food insecurity
- 23.1%SNAP enrollment
- 12.7%Transit barriers
- 12.6%No health insurance
- 21.4%Frequent mental distress
- 37.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Far South Columbus
Average gross rent is $778, 40% below the Columbus average. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10.
Severe burden reaches 27%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8/10.
Against the Franklin County average of 4.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points. The poverty rate is 20%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
The filing record is not thin: 993 evictions over 13 years of observation. SNAP participation runs 23.1% against 15.2% nationally.
Food insecurity runs 25.2% against 17.8% nationally. The worst year on record was 2008, when 14.8% of renter households were served.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 39049008822
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049008822?
Census tract 39049008822 in the Far South Columbus neighborhood scores 5.7/10 (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 39049008822?
Median gross rent is $778/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39049008822?
20.5% of residents in tract 39049008822 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,350.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39049008822?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 98th, minority 59th, housing 95th.
Q5
Is tract 39049008822 considered part of Far South Columbus?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39049008822 fall within Far South Columbus (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049008822?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 993 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39049008822 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.75% of renter households, peaking at 14.8% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 39049008822 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.54× 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 39049008822 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.9% 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. 13.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 39049008822 compare to Columbus overall?
Tract 39049008822 scores 5.7/10, 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.
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