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Census Tract · Ranked #41,480 of 84,120 nationally

Berea Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 39035134206 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 3,445

Census tract 39035134206 belongs to Berea in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. It is home to 3,445 residents and scores 4.7/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than about 28% of US census tracts.

About 22% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,139 monthly, set against $73,889 in average yearly household income, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 23% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5% Stable renters 18% Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,342
Renter share23.2%
SVI overall0.27
Poverty rate9.0%
Median income$73,889

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
40 th percentile
Rank, 40th percentileBottomTop
#4 of 6 tracts In Berea
Moderate
Within county
20 th percentile
Rank, 20th percentileBottomTop
#343 of 427 tracts In Cuyahoga County
Very Low
Within state
59 th percentile
Rank, 59th percentileBottomTop
#1,289 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Elevated
National
51 th percentile
Rank, 51st percentileBottomTop
#41,480 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Berea and the region

Centroid at 41.3600, -81.8584 · click any tract to drill in

Why Berea scores 4.7

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
9.0% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$1,139 rent vs county FMR
4.4
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.
Berea risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.74.7This tracttract 134206Berea: 4.94.9Bereaparent cityCounty: 5.35.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.54.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 27

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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)

  • 153Total filings over 12 yrs
  • 8.17%Avg annual filing rate
  • 9.6%Peak (2011)
  • 8Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 390351342062004: 7 filings (2.83/100 renter HHs)2005: 13 filings (13.68/100 renter HHs)2006: 8 filings (8.42/100 renter HHs)2007: 11 filings (11.58/100 renter HHs)2008: 15 filings (15.79/100 renter HHs)2009: 11 filings (11.58/100 renter HHs)2010: 11 filings (4.55/100 renter HHs)2011: 25 filings (9.58/100 renter HHs)2012: 15 filings (5.75/100 renter HHs)2013: 12 filings (4.60/100 renter HHs)2015: 17 filings (6.51/100 renter HHs)2016: 8 filings (3.21/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 12 months.
Comparable tracts

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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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Berea

What moves this score most is 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 below the Cuyahoga County average of 5.8 and below the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 8.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.9% 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 39035134206

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035134206?

Census tract 39035134206 in Berea scores 4.7/10 (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 39035134206?

Median gross rent is $1,139/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 22% of renter households are cost-burdened.

Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39035134206?

9.0% of residents in tract 39035134206 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,445.

Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39035134206?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 27th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 27th, household 42th, minority 28th, housing 32th.

Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035134206?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 153 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035134206 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.17% of renter households, peaking at 9.6% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Q6

What share of households in tract 39035134206 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.0% 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. 5.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

Q7

How does tract 39035134206 compare to Berea overall?

Tract 39035134206 scores 4.7/10, right in line with 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.

Q8

Was tract 39035134206 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 Berea

Top eight tracts in Berea ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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