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Census Tract · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally

Obetz Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 39049009495 · Franklin County, OH · pop 5,087 · 28% of tract blocks fall in Obetz

39049009495 is a census tract in Obetz, OH. It scores 4.2/10 for landlords. It is home to 5,087 residents. Against Franklin County at 41.6%, 28% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10% Stable renters 27% Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units1,941
Renter share36.8%
SVI overall0.51
Poverty rate12.7%
Median income$69,288

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Obetz
Very High
Within county
48 th percentile
Rank, 48th percentileLowHigh
#172 of 328 tracts In Franklin County
Moderate
Within state
57 th percentile
Rank, 57th percentileLowHigh
#1,370 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Elevated
National
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#45,786 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Obetz and the region

Centroid at 39.8647, -82.9043 · click any tract to drill in

Why Obetz scores 4.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Obetz
6.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.6
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
12.7% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$1,091 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Obetz
4.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Obetz
6.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Obetz
5.8

How Obetz compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Obetz risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.2This tracttract 0094954.0Obetzparent city4.4Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 51

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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 712Total filings over 13 yrs
  • 5.63%Avg annual filing rate
  • 7.5%Peak (2008)
  • 21Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 39049009495
Filings dropped 73% over the past 13 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 357Total filings 2020-21
  • 4.6Avg monthly (observed)
  • 2.6Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.82×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Obetz

The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.4/10.

At $1,091 a month, rents run 21% under what the rest of Obetz commands. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.4/10. The filing record is not thin: 712 evictions over 13 years of observation.

9% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Filings peaked in 2008 at 7.5% of renter households.

In a typical year about 5.6% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 46% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.6/10. It tracks the Franklin County average of 4.4 closely.

Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $69,288. 37% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 39049009495

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049009495?

Census tract 39049009495 in Obetz scores 4.2/10 (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 39049009495?

Median gross rent is $1,091/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39049009495?

12.7% of residents in tract 39049009495 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,087.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39049009495?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 41th, household 58th, minority 50th, housing 57th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049009495?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 712 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39049009495 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.63% of renter households, peaking at 7.5% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 39049009495 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.82× 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.
Q7

What share of households in tract 39049009495 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.8% 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. 9.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 39049009495 compare to Obetz overall?

Tract 39049009495 scores 4.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Obetz at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Obetz; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Obetz

Top eight tracts in Obetz ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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