Census Tract · Ranked #25,671 of 84,120 nationally

Berea Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 39035134204 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 3,822

How risky is Berea for landlords? Census tract 39035134204 scores 5.6/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 60% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 45% of renter households, a severe level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $891 a month against an average household income of $53,750 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. About 45% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

5.9

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.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Berea and the region

Centroid at 41.3708, -81.8629 · click any tract to drill in

Why Berea scores 5.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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 · Princeton Eviction Lab

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.

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 by year 2004 to 2016

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 score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at $1/10. 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 Berea, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Cuyahoga County average of 5.8 and above the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

Part of this tract, about 8% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.

In CDC survey modeling, about 12.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.3% 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 39035134204

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035134204?

Census tract 39035134204 in Berea scores 5.9/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

How does tract 39035134204 compare to Berea overall?

Tract 39035134204 scores 5.9/10, higher than the parent city of Berea at 4.9/10. 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.

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.