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Forest Hill Historic District Eviction Risk: Elevated , Cleveland Heights

Tract 39035196000 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 1,808 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Eviction risk in the Forest Hill Historic District area of Cleveland Heights centers on tract 39035196000, which scores 6.1/10 (Elevated tier) and is home to 1,808 residents. It lands near the 77th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

83% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 83% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $68,789 a year. About 28% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

Elevated

Confidence 85% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 23% Stable renters 5% Owners 72%

Tract context

Occupied units789

Renter share27.9%

SVI overall0.75

Poverty rate8.1%

Median income$68,789

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Cleveland Heights and the region

Centroid at 41.5223, -81.5655 · click any tract to drill in

Why Forest Hill Historic District scores 6

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

8.1% poverty · this tract

2.0

Supply constraint

tract rent vs county FMR

5.0

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 Forest Hill Historic District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 75

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

64%Socioeconomic
63%Household composition
77%Racial/ethnic minority
77%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: A: Best

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

66%Grade A
14%Grade B
4%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)

43Total filings over 12 yrs
2.42%Avg annual filing rate
4.5%Peak (2005)
3Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2004 to 2016

Filings dropped 25% over the past 12 months.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Forest Hill Historic District. 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.

10.7%Housing insecurity
7.9%Utility-shutoff threat
13.2%Food insecurity
10.2%SNAP enrollment
7.0%Transit barriers
6.3%No health insurance
12.3%Frequent mental distress
31.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Forest Hill Historic District

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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 10.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 43 eviction filings here over 12 tracked years, with about 2.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.5% of renter households in 2005.

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 39035196000

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035196000?

Census tract 39035196000 in the Forest Hill Historic District 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.

What is the poverty rate in tract 39035196000?

8.1% of residents in tract 39035196000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,808.

How socially vulnerable is tract 39035196000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 63th, minority 77th, housing 77th.

Is tract 39035196000 considered part of Forest Hill Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39035196000 fall within Forest Hill Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035196000?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 43 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035196000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.42% of renter households, peaking at 4.5% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 39035196000 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.7% 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. 7.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 39035196000 compare to Cleveland Heights overall?

Tract 39035196000 scores 6/10, higher than 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 39035196000 historically redlined?

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