Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #34,278 of 84,120 nationally
Bedford Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 39035132302 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 1,872
Census tract 39035132302 covers part of Bedford, OH, and scores 4.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,872 residents. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.6/10.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units880
Renter share46.9%
SVI overall0.56
Poverty rate17.3%
Median income$51,231
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
55
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
69
th percentile
Elevated
National
59
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bedford and the region
Centroid at 41.3798, -81.5284 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bedford scores 4.9
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
17.3% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$863 rent vs county FMR
2.1
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: 56
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 64%Socioeconomic
- 66%Household composition
- 72%Racial/ethnic minority
- 23%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
- 42%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)
- 507Total filings over 12 yrs
- 8.05%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.6%Peak (2005)
- 29Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 41% 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.
- 17.2%Housing insecurity
- 13.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 21.9%Food insecurity
- 19.8%SNAP enrollment
- 11.1%Transit barriers
- 9.8%No health insurance
- 17.5%Frequent mental distress
- 34.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bedford
23% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10.
Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.1/10. At $863 a month, rents run 19% under what the rest of Bedford commands. Court records carry 507 eviction filings across 12 observed years.
Filings peaked in 2005 at 11.6% 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 8.0% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #34,278 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 39035132302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035132302?
Census tract 39035132302 in Bedford scores 4.9/10 (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 39035132302?
Median gross rent is $863/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39035132302?
17.3% of residents in tract 39035132302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,872.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39035132302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 66th, minority 72th, housing 23th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035132302?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 507 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035132302 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.05% of renter households, peaking at 11.6% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 39035132302 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.2% 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. 13.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 39035132302 compare to Bedford overall?
Tract 39035132302 scores 4.9/10, higher than the parent city of Bedford at 4.2/10. 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 39035132302 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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