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Neighborhood · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally

Edgewater Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Blacklick Estates

Tract 39049009498 · Franklin County, OH · pop 4,048 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Census tract 39049009498 covers part of the Edgewater Park area of Columbus, OH, and scores 5.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,048. Cost burden runs 21% here against 41.6% across Franklin County.

Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 54% Owners 31%
Tract context
Occupied units1,608
Renter share68.3%
SVI overall0.77
Poverty rate20.9%
Median income$73,261

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Edgewater Park
Very High
Within parent city
52 th percentile
Rank, 52nd percentileLowHigh
#114 of 238 tracts In Blacklick Estates
Moderate
Within county
64 th percentile
Rank, 64th percentileLowHigh
#119 of 328 tracts In Franklin County
Elevated
Within state
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#844 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Blacklick Estates and the region

Centroid at 39.9102, -82.8941 · click any tract to drill in

Why Edgewater Park scores 5.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Blacklick Estates
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.6
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
20.9% poverty · this tract
5.2
Supply constraint
$1,112 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Blacklick Estates
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Blacklick Estates
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Blacklick Estates
4.0

How Edgewater Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Edgewater Park risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.2This tracttract 0094984.0Blacklick Estatesparent city4.4Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 77

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)

  • 991Total filings 2020-21
  • 12.9Avg monthly (observed)
  • 7.4Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.74×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

Within Edgewater Park. 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 Edgewater Park

Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10. This is renter territory: 68% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8/10. The poverty rate is 21%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.4/10.

Food insecurity runs 27.5% against 17.8% nationally. 10% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

At $1,112 a month, rents run 14% under what the rest of Columbus commands. It sits 0.8 points above the Franklin County average of 4.4.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 16.3% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. On the national scale it lands near the 65th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the OH average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 39049009498

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049009498?

Census tract 39049009498 in the Edgewater Park neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (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 39049009498?

Median gross rent is $1,112/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 21% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39049009498?

20.9% of residents in tract 39049009498 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,048.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39049009498?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 70th, household 87th, minority 75th, housing 55th.
Q5

Is tract 39049009498 considered part of Edgewater Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39049009498 fall within Edgewater Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 39049009498 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.74× 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 39049009498 struggle to pay rent?

About 21.1% 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. 16.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 39049009498 compare to Blacklick Estates overall?

Tract 39049009498 scores 5.2/10, higher than the parent city of Blacklick Estates at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Blacklick Estates; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Blacklick Estates

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

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