Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally
Far East Columbus Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 39049009252 · Franklin County, OH · pop 3,335 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Tract 39049009252 sits in the Far East Columbus area of Columbus eviction risk, OH, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.7/10. It is home to 3,335 residents. This is renter territory: 96% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33%
Stable renters 62%
Owners 5%
Tract context
Occupied units1,890
Renter share95.9%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate27.7%
Median income$41,412
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
85
th percentile
High
Within county
96
th percentile
Very High
Within state
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbus and the region
Centroid at 39.9834, -82.8549 · click any tract to drill in
Why Far East 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
27.7% poverty · this tract
6.9
Supply constraint
$1,074 rent vs county FMR
2.4
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 East Columbus compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 58
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 63%Socioeconomic
- 44%Household composition
- 85%Racial/ethnic minority
- 38%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 551Total filings 2020-21
- 7.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 9.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.79×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below 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 East 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.
- 20.5%Housing insecurity
- 16.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 24.9%Food insecurity
- 22.7%SNAP enrollment
- 13.5%Transit barriers
- 10.7%No health insurance
- 20.3%Frequent mental distress
- 30.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Far East Columbus
Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10. The severe-burden share is 19%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The poverty rate is 28%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8/10. It sits 1.3 points above the Franklin County average of 4.4.
Cost burden runs 35% here against 41.6% across Franklin County. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.4/10. At $1,074 a month, rents run 17% under what the rest of Columbus commands.
SNAP participation runs 22.7% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 24.9% against 17.8% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 74th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.2/10.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 39049009252
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049009252?
Census tract 39049009252 in the Far East 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 39049009252?
Median gross rent is $1,074/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39049009252?
27.7% of residents in tract 39049009252 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,335.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39049009252?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 63th, household 44th, minority 85th, housing 38th.
Q5
Is tract 39049009252 considered part of Far East Columbus?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39049009252 fall within Far East Columbus (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 39049009252 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.79× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Columbus eviction risk, OH), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 39049009252 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.5% 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. 16.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 39049009252 compare to Columbus overall?
Tract 39049009252 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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