Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #44,543 of 84,120 nationally
Bedford Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 39035132100 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 4,361
Census tract 39035132100 belongs to Bedford, Ohio. It is home to 4,361 residents and scores 6.2/10, an elevated reading for landlords. That is riskier than about 80% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 57% of renter households, a severe level, and 36% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $879 a month while the average household earns $63,467 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 42% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units2,039
Renter share41.9%
SVI overall0.55
Poverty rate15.3%
Median income$63,467
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
47
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
56
th percentile
Elevated
National
47
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bedford and the region
Centroid at 41.4035, -81.5355 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bedford scores 3.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Bedford
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.7
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
15.3% poverty · this tract
3.8
Supply constraint
$879 rent vs county FMR
2.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bedford
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bedford
8.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bedford
6.1
How Bedford compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 55
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 53%Socioeconomic
- 39%Household composition
- 76%Racial/ethnic minority
- 50%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
- 22%Grade B
- 49%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)
- 864Total filings over 12 yrs
- 7.53%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.1%Peak (2008)
- 77Filings 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.
- 16.3%Housing insecurity
- 12.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.8%Food insecurity
- 17.0%SNAP enrollment
- 10.1%Transit barriers
- 8.0%No health insurance
- 16.5%Frequent mental distress
- 32.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bedford
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.6/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Bedford, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Cuyahoga County average of 5.8 and above the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 864 eviction filings here over 12 tracked years, with about 7.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 9.1% of renter households in 2008.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 39035132100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035132100?
Census tract 39035132100 in Bedford scores 3.8/10 (Lower 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 39035132100?
Median gross rent is $879/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39035132100?
15.3% of residents in tract 39035132100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,361.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39035132100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 39th, minority 76th, housing 50th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035132100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 864 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035132100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.53% of renter households, peaking at 9.1% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 39035132100 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.3% 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. 12.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 39035132100 compare to Bedford overall?
Tract 39035132100 scores 3.8/10, higher than the parent city of Bedford at 2.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bedford; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 39035132100 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
Top eight tracts in Bedford ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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