Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally
Karlin Eviction Risk: Elevated , Cleveland
Tract 39035115700 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 1,547 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
With a score of 6/10, tract 39035115700 in the Karlin area of Cleveland, OH reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,547 residents. The severe-burden share is 29%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29%
Stable renters 33%
Owners 38%
Tract context
Occupied units781
Renter share62.1%
SVI overall0.81
Poverty rate30.2%
Median income$37,144
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
61
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
69
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
99
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cleveland and the region
Centroid at 41.4443, -81.6446 · click any tract to drill in
Why Karlin scores 6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Cleveland
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.7
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
30.2% poverty · this tract
7.5
Supply constraint
$849 rent vs county FMR
2.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Cleveland
2.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Cleveland
6.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Cleveland
5.0
How Karlin compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 81
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 85%Socioeconomic
- 97%Household composition
- 75%Racial/ethnic minority
- 29%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
- 0%Grade C
- 54%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)
- 464Total filings over 12 yrs
- 11.86%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.1%Peak (2013)
- 32Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 12 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 148Total filings 2020-21
- 1.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.75×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Cleveland, OH as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Karlin. 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.
- 24.7%Housing insecurity
- 19.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 32.7%Food insecurity
- 31.6%SNAP enrollment
- 16.3%Transit barriers
- 12.9%No health insurance
- 20.5%Frequent mental distress
- 39.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Karlin
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.2/10. SNAP participation runs 31.6% against 15.2% nationally.
The poverty rate is 30%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10. It sits 1.4 points above the Cuyahoga County average of 4.6.
Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2/10. Housing insecurity runs 24.7% against 14.2% nationally.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 464 filings here across 12 tracked years. At $849 a month, rents run 10% under what the rest of Cleveland commands. Filings peaked in 2013 at 12.1% of renter households.
This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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 11.9% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #18,163 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 39035115700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035115700?
Census tract 39035115700 in the Karlin neighborhood scores 6/10 (Elevated 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 39035115700?
Median gross rent is $849/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39035115700?
30.2% of residents in tract 39035115700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,547.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39035115700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 81th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 97th, minority 75th, housing 29th.
Q5
Is tract 39035115700 considered part of Karlin?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39035115700 fall within Karlin (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035115700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 464 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035115700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.86% of renter households, peaking at 12.1% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 39035115700 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.75× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Cleveland eviction risk, OH), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 39035115700 struggle to pay rent?
About 24.7% 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. 19.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 39035115700 compare to Cleveland overall?
Tract 39035115700 scores 6/10, higher than the parent city of Cleveland at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Cleveland eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q10
Was tract 39035115700 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 54% 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.
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