Census Tract · Ranked #31,898 of 84,120 nationally

Berea Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 39035134300 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 4,313

Here is how census tract 39035134300, in Berea, looks to a landlord: a 5.5/10 eviction-risk score (Moderate tier) across a population of 4,313. That is riskier than roughly 56% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

59% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $906 monthly, set against $70,250 in average yearly household income, roughly 15% of income at the averages. Renters make up 29% of occupied homes.

Risk score

5.4

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 17% Stable renters 12% Owners 71%

Tract context

Occupied units1,074

Renter share28.9%

SVI overall0.41

Poverty rate9.9%

Median income$70,250

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Berea and the region

Centroid at 41.3690, -81.8457 · click any tract to drill in

Why Berea scores 5.4

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

9.9% poverty · this tract

2.5

Supply constraint

$906 rent vs county FMR

2.5

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: 41

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

46%Socioeconomic
5%Household composition
40%Racial/ethnic minority
78%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
21%Grade B
39%Grade C
6%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)

176Total filings over 12 yrs
3.70%Avg annual filing rate
5.7%Peak (2010)
13Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2004 to 2016

Filings stayed roughly flat 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.

9.1%Housing insecurity
6.5%Utility-shutoff threat
12.2%Food insecurity
8.6%SNAP enrollment
8.1%Transit barriers
6.7%No health insurance
19.1%Frequent mental distress
28.4%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.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 176 eviction filings here over 12 tracked years, with about 3.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 5.7% of renter households in 2010.

In CDC survey modeling, about 9.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.5% 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 39035134300

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035134300?

Census tract 39035134300 in Berea scores 5.4/10 (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 39035134300?

Median gross rent is $906/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 39035134300?

9.9% of residents in tract 39035134300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,313.

How socially vulnerable is tract 39035134300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 41th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 46th, household 5th, minority 40th, housing 78th.

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035134300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 176 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035134300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.70% of renter households, peaking at 5.7% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 39035134300 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.1% 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. 6.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 39035134300 compare to Berea overall?

Tract 39035134300 scores 5.4/10, 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 39035134300 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. 6% 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.