Neighborhood · Ranked #30,697 of 84,120 nationally

Cain Park Village Eviction Risk: Moderate , Cleveland Heights

Tract 39035140701 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 2,476 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Tract 39035140701, home to 2,476 residents in Cain Park Village in Cleveland Heights, scores 5.8/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 67% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 38% of renter households, a high level, and 33% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,130 a month while the average household earns $82,692 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 40% of occupied homes.

Risk score

5.5

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 25% Owners 60%

Tract context

Occupied units834

Renter share40.3%

SVI overall0.58

Poverty rate14.0%

Median income$82,692

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Cleveland Heights and the region

Centroid at 41.5139, -81.5612 · click any tract to drill in

Why Cain Park Village scores 5.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Cleveland Heights

7.0

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.7

State political climate

Ohio legislature & governorship

2.4

Economic stress

14.0% poverty · this tract

3.5

Supply constraint

$1,130 rent vs county FMR

4.4

Rent control risk

Inherited from Cleveland Heights

5.9

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

1.9

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Cleveland Heights

8.4

Housing court bias

Inherited from Cleveland Heights

6.3

How Cain Park Village compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 58

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

66%Socioeconomic
15%Household composition
84%Racial/ethnic minority
57%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
100%Grade B
0%Grade C
0%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)

651Total filings over 12 yrs
12.00%Avg annual filing rate
13.0%Peak (2009)
50Filings 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

Within Cain Park Village. 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.

17.9%Housing insecurity
14.2%Utility-shutoff threat
21.7%Food insecurity
19.4%SNAP enrollment
11.5%Transit barriers
8.4%No health insurance
17.7%Frequent mental distress
31.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Cain Park Village

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.4/10. 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 Cleveland Heights eviction risk, 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 riskier side for landlords.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

In CDC survey modeling, about 17.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 14.2% 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 39035140701

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035140701?

Census tract 39035140701 in the Cain Park Village neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 39035140701?

Median gross rent is $1,130/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 39035140701?

14.0% of residents in tract 39035140701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,476.

How socially vulnerable is tract 39035140701?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 66th, household 15th, minority 84th, housing 57th.

Is tract 39035140701 considered part of Cain Park Village?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39035140701 fall within Cain Park Village (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035140701?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 651 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035140701 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.00% of renter households, peaking at 13.0% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 39035140701 struggle to pay rent?

About 17.9% 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. 14.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 39035140701 compare to Cleveland Heights overall?

Tract 39035140701 scores 5.5/10, right in line with the parent city of Cleveland Heights at 5.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Cleveland Heights eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 39035140701 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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.

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