Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #63,481 of 84,120 nationally
Bedford Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 39035132200 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 3,402
Census tract 39035132200 runs through Bedford. With 3,402 residents, it scores 5.2/10 for landlords. That is riskier than about 45% of US census tracts.
About 25% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,146 a month while the average household earns $75,250 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 14% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units1,204
Renter share13.5%
SVI overall0.40
Poverty rate3.5%
Median income$75,250
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
27
th percentile
Low
Within state
31
th percentile
Low
National
25
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bedford and the region
Centroid at 41.3931, -81.5201 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bedford scores 2.7
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
3.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,146 rent vs county FMR
4.5
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: 40
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 30%Socioeconomic
- 58%Household composition
- 70%Racial/ethnic minority
- 33%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
- 5%Grade B
- 51%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)
- 345Total filings over 12 yrs
- 8.58%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.1%Peak (2009)
- 30Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 76% 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.
- 12.4%Housing insecurity
- 9.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.6%Food insecurity
- 10.6%SNAP enrollment
- 7.4%Transit barriers
- 6.3%No health insurance
- 15.3%Frequent mental distress
- 26.5%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 below the Cuyahoga County average of 5.8 and in line with the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 40th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 39035132200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035132200?
Census tract 39035132200 in Bedford scores 2.7/10 (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 39035132200?
Median gross rent is $1,146/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 25% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39035132200?
3.5% of residents in tract 39035132200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,402.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39035132200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 30th, household 58th, minority 70th, housing 33th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035132200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 345 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035132200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.58% of renter households, peaking at 9.1% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 39035132200 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.4% 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. 9.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 39035132200 compare to Bedford overall?
Tract 39035132200 scores 2.7/10, right in line with 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 39035132200 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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