Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally
Bedford Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 39035195600 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 4,842
With a score of 4/10, tract 39035195600 in Bedford Heights, OH reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,842 residents. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units2,256
Renter share33.7%
SVI overall0.37
Poverty rate6.1%
Median income$51,520
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
44
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
52
th percentile
Moderate
National
42
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bedford Heights and the region
Centroid at 41.3887, -81.5057 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bedford Heights scores 4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Bedford Heights
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.7
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
6.1% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$894 rent vs county FMR
2.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bedford Heights
7.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bedford Heights
9.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bedford Heights
6.7
How Bedford Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 37
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 32%Socioeconomic
- 36%Household composition
- 90%Racial/ethnic minority
- 29%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 4%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 1,809Total filings over 12 yrs
- 24.25%Avg annual filing rate
- 56.9%Peak (2011)
- 175Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 12 months.
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.
- 18.3%Housing insecurity
- 13.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 22.2%Food insecurity
- 19.2%SNAP enrollment
- 11.1%Transit barriers
- 7.9%No health insurance
- 16.0%Frequent mental distress
- 33.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bedford Heights
On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.5/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,809 filings here across 12 tracked years. Average gross rent is $894, 11% below the Bedford Heights average.
Filings peaked in 2011 at 56.9% of renter households. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Cleveland. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
In a typical year about 24.3% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 42% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.3/10.
39% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. It tracks the Cuyahoga County average of 4.6 closely.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 39035195600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035195600?
Census tract 39035195600 in Bedford Heights scores 4/10 (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 39035195600?
Median gross rent is $894/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39035195600?
6.1% of residents in tract 39035195600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,842.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39035195600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 37th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 32th, household 36th, minority 90th, housing 29th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035195600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,809 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035195600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 24.25% of renter households, peaking at 56.9% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 39035195600 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.3% 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. 13.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 39035195600 compare to Bedford Heights overall?
Tract 39035195600 scores 4/10, lower than the parent city of Bedford Heights at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bedford Heights; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 39035195600 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Bedford Heights
Top eight tracts in Bedford Heights ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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