Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #47,371 of 84,120 nationally
Forest Hill Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Cleveland Heights
Tract 39035196000 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 1,808 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Tract 39035196000 sits in the Forest Hill Historic District area of Cleveland Heights eviction risk, OH, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.1/10. Population here is 1,808. 83% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
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.Within parent city
47
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
44
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
55
th percentile
Moderate
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 4.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
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)
- 43Total filings over 12 yrs
- 2.42%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.5%Peak (2005)
- 3Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
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
Cost burden runs 83% here against 43.0% across Cuyahoga County. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 8.4/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10.
Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.9/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 43 filings here across 12 tracked years.
The worst year on record was 2005, when 4.5% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped A ("Best") 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 2.4% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #47,371 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.7/10.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Cuyahoga County average of 4.6 closely.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 39035196000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035196000?
Census tract 39035196000 in the Forest Hill Historic District neighborhood scores 4.1/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 39035196000?
8.1% of residents in tract 39035196000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,808.
Q3
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.
Q4
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).
Q5
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.
Q6
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.
Q7
How does tract 39035196000 compare to Cleveland Heights overall?
Tract 39035196000 scores 4.1/10, 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.
Q8
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
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/ 10 · Elevated
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6
/ 10 · Elevated
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The Highlands
6
/ 10 · Elevated
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Crestwood
6
/ 10 · Elevated
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Coventry Village
6
/ 10 · Elevated
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Cedarbrook
5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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