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Neighborhood · Ranked #44,239 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

Census tract 39035140701 covers part of the Cain Park Village area of Cleveland Heights, OH, and scores 4.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,476 residents. The severe-burden share is 33%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
4.3
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.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Cain Park Village
Very Low
Within parent city
53 th percentile
Rank, 53rd percentileLowHigh
#10 of 20 tracts In Cleveland Heights
Moderate
Within county
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#230 of 427 tracts In Cuyahoga County
Moderate
Within state
59 th percentile
Rank, 59th percentileLowHigh
#1,311 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Elevated
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 4.3

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.
Cain Park Village risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.3This tracttract 1407014.6Cleveland Heightsparent city4.6Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 58

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

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.

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)

  • 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
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 39035140701
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Cain Park Village

The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.4/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.9/10.

Against Cuyahoga County at 43.0%, 38% of renters here are cost-burdened. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 651 filings here across 12 tracked years.

The worst year on record was 2009, when 13.0% of renter households were served. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 14.2% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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 12.0% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #44,239 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Social vulnerability reads 6.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $82,692, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 39035140701

Q1

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

Census tract 39035140701 in the Cain Park Village neighborhood scores 4.3/10 (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 39035140701?

Median gross rent is $1,130/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

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.
Q4

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.
Q5

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).
Q6

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.
Q7

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.
Q8

How does tract 39035140701 compare to Cleveland Heights overall?

Tract 39035140701 scores 4.3/10, lower than the parent city of Cleveland Heights at 4.6/10. 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.
Q9

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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Cleveland Heights

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

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