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Neighborhood · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally

Lombardy Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Columbus

Tract 39049009403 · Franklin County, OH · pop 3,066 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

With a score of 4.6/10, tract 39049009403 in the Lombardy Heights area of Columbus, OH reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,066 residents. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10.

Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 16% Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units982
Renter share30.1%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate16.1%
Median income$76,905

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Lombardy Heights
Moderate
Within parent city
40 th percentile
Rank, 40th percentileLowHigh
#143 of 238 tracts In Columbus
Moderate
Within county
54 th percentile
Rank, 54th percentileLowHigh
#151 of 328 tracts In Franklin County
Moderate
Within state
64 th percentile
Rank, 64th percentileLowHigh
#1,142 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Columbus and the region

Centroid at 39.8634, -82.8103 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lombardy Heights scores 4.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
16.1% poverty · this tract
4.0
Supply constraint
$1,174 rent vs county FMR
3.1
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 Lombardy Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Lombardy Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.6This tracttract 0094034.3Columbusparent city4.4Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 75

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 146Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.9Avg monthly (observed)
  • 1.6Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.16×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran near baseline. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lombardy Heights

Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.4/10.

At $1,174 a month, rents run 9% under what the rest of Columbus commands. On the national scale it lands near the 53rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.8/10. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

Rent takes 30% or more of income for 45% of renters. It tracks the Franklin County average of 4.4 closely.

Annual rent works out to 18% of average household income of $76,905. 30% 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 39049009403

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049009403?

Census tract 39049009403 in the Lombardy Heights neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (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 39049009403?

Median gross rent is $1,174/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39049009403?

16.1% of residents in tract 39049009403 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,066.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39049009403?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 65th, minority 70th, housing 41th.
Q5

Is tract 39049009403 considered part of Lombardy Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39049009403 fall within Lombardy Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 39049009403 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.16× 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 39049009403 struggle to pay rent?

About 17.3% 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. 13.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 39049009403 compare to Columbus overall?

Tract 39049009403 scores 4.6/10, 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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