Neighborhood · Ranked #24,519 of 84,120 nationally

Forest Hill Overlook Eviction Risk: Elevated , Cleveland Heights

Tract 39035140301 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 1,959 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

In the Forest Hill Overlook area of Cleveland Heights, census tract 39035140301 scores 6.6/10 for eviction risk. It lands near the 88th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

43% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,306 a month while the average household earns $53,750 a year, roughly 29% of income at the averages. About 29% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 13% Stable renters 17% Owners 70%

Tract context

Occupied units806

Renter share29.3%

SVI overall0.75

Poverty rate30.7%

Median income$53,750

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Cleveland Heights and the region

Centroid at 41.5334, -81.5603 · click any tract to drill in

Why Forest Hill Overlook 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

30.7% poverty · this tract

7.7

Supply constraint

$1,306 rent vs county FMR

5.8

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 Overlook 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.

82%Socioeconomic
79%Household composition
95%Racial/ethnic minority
32%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.

1%Grade A
96%Grade B
3%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)

330Total filings over 12 yrs
10.05%Avg annual filing rate
13.8%Peak (2013)
29Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2004 to 2016

Filings climbed 81% over the past 12 months.

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.

24.7%Housing insecurity
20.2%Utility-shutoff threat
32.3%Food insecurity
31.6%SNAP enrollment
15.7%Transit barriers
10.3%No health insurance
17.9%Frequent mental distress
37.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Forest Hill Overlook

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.

The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 75th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

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.

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 39035140301

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035140301?

Census tract 39035140301 in the Forest Hill Overlook 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 average rent in tract 39035140301?

Median gross rent is $1,306/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 39035140301?

30.7% of residents in tract 39035140301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,959.

How socially vulnerable is tract 39035140301?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 79th, minority 95th, housing 32th.

Is tract 39035140301 considered part of Forest Hill Overlook?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39035140301 fall within Forest Hill Overlook (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035140301?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 330 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035140301 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.05% of renter households, peaking at 13.8% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 39035140301 struggle to pay rent?

About 24.7% 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. 20.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 39035140301 compare to Cleveland Heights overall?

Tract 39035140301 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 39035140301 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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