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Fairfax Triangle Eviction Risk: Moderate , Cleveland Heights

Tract 39035141500 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 1,581 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Here is how census tract 39035141500, in the Fairfax Triangle neighborhood of Cleveland Heights eviction risk, looks to a landlord: a $1/10 eviction-risk score (Elevated tier) across a population of 1,581. It lands near the 74th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 45% of renter households, a severe level, and 30% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,152 a month against an average household income of $95,167 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 49% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22% Stable renters 27% Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units764
Renter share49.1%
SVI overall0.30
Poverty rate11.2%
Median income$95,167

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileBottomTop
#2 of 2 tracts In Fairfax Triangle
Very Low
Within parent city
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileBottomTop
#8 of 20 tracts In Cleveland Heights
Elevated
Within county
55 th percentile
Rank, 55th percentileBottomTop
#192 of 427 tracts In Cuyahoga County
Elevated
Within state
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileBottomTop
#525 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Cleveland Heights and the region

Centroid at 41.4913, -81.5681 · click any tract to drill in

Why Fairfax Triangle 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
11.2% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,152 rent vs county FMR
4.5
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 Fairfax Triangle compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Fairfax Triangle risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.55.5This tracttract 141500Cleveland Heights: 5.55.5Cleveland Heightsparent cityCounty: 5.35.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.54.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 30

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 · 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)

  • 224Total filings over 12 yrs
  • 5.56%Avg annual filing rate
  • 7.6%Peak (2008)
  • 18Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 390351415002004: 19 filings (5.26/100 renter HHs)2005: 16 filings (5.10/100 renter HHs)2006: 14 filings (4.46/100 renter HHs)2007: 15 filings (4.78/100 renter HHs)2008: 24 filings (7.64/100 renter HHs)2009: 22 filings (7.01/100 renter HHs)2010: 20 filings (5.81/100 renter HHs)2011: 20 filings (5.70/100 renter HHs)2012: 19 filings (5.41/100 renter HHs)2013: 22 filings (6.27/100 renter HHs)2015: 15 filings (4.27/100 renter HHs)2016: 18 filings (4.96/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 12 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Fairfax Triangle. 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 Fairfax Triangle

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.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 30th 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 7.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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 39035141500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035141500?

Census tract 39035141500 in the Fairfax Triangle 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.

Q2

What is the average rent in tract 39035141500?

Median gross rent is $1,152/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.

Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39035141500?

11.2% of residents in tract 39035141500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,581.

Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39035141500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 30th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 54th, household 19th, minority 46th, housing 17th.

Q5

Is tract 39035141500 considered part of Fairfax Triangle?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39035141500 fall within Fairfax Triangle (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).

Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035141500?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 224 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035141500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.56% of renter households, peaking at 7.6% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Q7

What share of households in tract 39035141500 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.7% 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. 6.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

Q8

How does tract 39035141500 compare to Cleveland Heights overall?

Tract 39035141500 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.

Q9

Was tract 39035141500 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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