Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #41,206 of 84,120 nationally
Berea Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 39035134204 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 3,822
39035134204 is a census tract in Berea, OH. It scores 4.5/10 for landlords. Severe burden reaches 23%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units1,672
Renter share44.7%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate18.0%
Median income$53,750
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
49
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
62
th percentile
Elevated
National
51
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Berea and the region
Centroid at 41.3708, -81.8629 · click any tract to drill in
Why Berea scores 4.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Berea
4.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.7
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
18.0% poverty · this tract
4.5
Supply constraint
$891 rent vs county FMR
2.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Berea
3.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Berea
6.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Berea
4.4
How Berea compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 78
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 68%Socioeconomic
- 55%Household composition
- 30%Racial/ethnic minority
- 97%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
- 20%Grade B
- 50%Grade C
- 8%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)
- 599Total filings over 12 yrs
- 5.34%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.1%Peak (2010)
- 21Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 25% 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.
- 12.3%Housing insecurity
- 10.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.0%Food insecurity
- 15.9%SNAP enrollment
- 9.5%Transit barriers
- 7.9%No health insurance
- 18.3%Frequent mental distress
- 33.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Berea
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.2/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.4/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 2.4/10.
The poverty rate is 18%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Average gross rent is $891, 16% below the Berea average. Court records carry 599 eviction filings across 12 observed years.
Filings peaked in 2010 at 7.1% 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 5.3% 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 8.1/10 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 most pressured. 45% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 39035134204
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035134204?
Census tract 39035134204 in Berea 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 39035134204?
Median gross rent is $891/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39035134204?
18.0% of residents in tract 39035134204 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,822.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39035134204?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 68th, household 55th, minority 30th, housing 97th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035134204?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 599 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035134204 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.34% of renter households, peaking at 7.1% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 39035134204 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.3% 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. 10.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 39035134204 compare to Berea overall?
Tract 39035134204 scores 4.5/10, higher than the parent city of Berea at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Berea; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 39035134204 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. 8% 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 Berea
Top eight tracts in Berea ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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