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Neighborhood · Ranked #41,206 of 84,120 nationally

Charleston Ridge Eviction Risk: Moderate , Columbus

Tract 39049009600 · Franklin County, OH · pop 4,617 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi

With a score of 4.5/10, tract 39049009600 in the Charleston Ridge area of Grove City, OH reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,617. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1.3/10.

Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22% Stable renters 27% Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units2,089
Renter share48.7%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate20.0%
Median income$63,363

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Charleston Ridge
Very High
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 9 tracts In Columbus
Very High
Within county
53 th percentile
Rank, 53rd percentileLowHigh
#156 of 328 tracts In Franklin County
Moderate
Within state
62 th percentile
Rank, 62nd percentileLowHigh
#1,200 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Columbus and the region

Centroid at 39.8889, -83.1000 · click any tract to drill in

Why Charleston Ridge scores 4.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Columbus
6.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.6
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
20.0% poverty · this tract
5.0
Supply constraint
$1,150 rent vs county FMR
3.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Columbus
1.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Columbus
3.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Columbus
2.7

How Charleston Ridge compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Charleston Ridge risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.5This tracttract 0096004.3Columbusparent city4.4Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 84

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)

  • 575Total filings over 13 yrs
  • 5.71%Avg annual filing rate
  • 8.5%Peak (2004)
  • 30Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 39049009600
Filings dropped 52% over the past 13 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 232Total filings 2020-21
  • 3.0Avg monthly (observed)
  • 3.4Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.89×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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 Charleston Ridge. 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 Charleston Ridge

The severe-burden share is 18%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.4/10.

The poverty rate is 20%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 575 filings here across 13 tracked years.

At $1,150 a month, rents run 14% under what the rest of Grove City commands. The worst year on record was 2004, when 8.5% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 5.7% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 51st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 8.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 44% of renters. It tracks the Franklin County average of 4.4 closely.

Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $63,363. 49% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 39049009600

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049009600?

Census tract 39049009600 in the Charleston Ridge neighborhood scores 4.5/10 (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 39049009600?

Median gross rent is $1,150/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39049009600?

20.0% of residents in tract 39049009600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,617.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39049009600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 96th, minority 51th, housing 60th.
Q5

Is tract 39049009600 considered part of Charleston Ridge?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39049009600 fall within Charleston Ridge (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39049009600?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 575 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 39049009600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.71% of renter households, peaking at 8.5% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 39049009600 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.89× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Columbus eviction risk, OH), 2020-2021.
Q8

What share of households in tract 39049009600 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.4% 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. 11.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9

How does tract 39049009600 compare to Columbus overall?

Tract 39049009600 scores 4.5/10, right in line with 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Columbus

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

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