Neighborhood · Ranked #33,355 of 84,120 nationally

Cain Park Village Eviction Risk: Moderate , Cleveland Heights

Tract 39035140900 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 2,180 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

In the Cain Park Village area of Cleveland Heights, census tract 39035140900 scores 6.2/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 80% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 39% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,569 monthly, set against $81,369 in average yearly household income, roughly 23% of income at the averages. Renters make up 29% of occupied homes.

Risk score

5.3

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 11% Stable renters 18% Owners 71%

Tract context

Occupied units879

Renter share29.0%

SVI overall0.25

Poverty rate19.3%

Median income$81,369

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Cleveland Heights and the region

Centroid at 41.5068, -81.5503 · click any tract to drill in

Why Cain Park Village scores 5.3

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

19.3% poverty · this tract

4.8

Supply constraint

$1,569 rent vs county FMR

8.0

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: 25

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

33%Socioeconomic
63%Household composition
81%Racial/ethnic minority
3%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)

171Total filings over 12 yrs
13.86%Avg annual filing rate
39.7%Peak (2009)
16Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2004 to 2016

Filings climbed 100% 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.

14.2%Housing insecurity
11.6%Utility-shutoff threat
16.7%Food insecurity
14.6%SNAP enrollment
9.1%Transit barriers
6.4%No health insurance
15.1%Frequent mental distress
27.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Cain Park Village

The score leans hardest on 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 above 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.

The tract is Black and White and ranks around the 25th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 39035140900

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035140900?

Census tract 39035140900 in the Cain Park Village neighborhood scores 5.3/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 39035140900?

Median gross rent is $1,569/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 39035140900?

19.3% of residents in tract 39035140900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,180.

How socially vulnerable is tract 39035140900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 25th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 33th, household 63th, minority 81th, housing 3th.

Is tract 39035140900 considered part of Cain Park Village?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39035140900 fall within Cain Park Village (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035140900?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 171 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035140900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.86% of renter households, peaking at 39.7% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 39035140900 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.2% 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. 11.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 39035140900 compare to Cleveland Heights overall?

Tract 39035140900 scores 5.3/10, 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 39035140900 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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