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Neighborhood · Ranked #18,163 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

Tract 39035140301 sits in the Forest Hill Overlook area of Cleveland Heights eviction risk, OH, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6/10. Population here is 1,959. The severe-burden share is 24%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
6
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.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Forest Hill Overlook
Moderate
Within parent city
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 20 tracts In Cleveland Heights
High
Within county
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#57 of 427 tracts In Cuyahoga County
High
Within state
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#47 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Very High
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.
Forest Hill Overlook risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.0This tracttract 1403014.6Cleveland Heightsparent city4.6Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 75

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

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)

  • 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
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 39035140301
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Forest Hill Overlook

The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.4/10. The poverty rate is 31%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. Food insecurity runs 32.3% against 17.8% nationally.

Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.9/10. It sits 1.4 points above the Cuyahoga County average of 4.6. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 20.2% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 330 filings here across 12 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2013, when 13.8% of renter households were served.

This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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 10.1% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 78th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 39035140301

Q1

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.
Q2

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.
Q3

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.
Q4

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.
Q5

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).
Q6

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.
Q7

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.
Q8

How does tract 39035140301 compare to Cleveland Heights overall?

Tract 39035140301 scores 6/10, higher 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.
Q9

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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Cleveland Heights

Top eight tracts in Cleveland Heights ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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