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Neighborhood · Cleveland Heights, OH

Summit Park Eviction Risk: Lower

1 census tracts · pop 3,692 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.4/10 · range 3.4–3.4

Summit Park maps to a single census tract in Cleveland Heights, OH, population 3,692. The Eviction Risk Score is 3.4/10, in the Lower tier. about half of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, well clear of the Cleveland Heights rate of 30.2%.

The main counterweight is economic stress, at 1.3/10. On the high side is tenant-organizing strength at 8.4/10. Running cool is eviction-process difficulty, at 1.9/10.

The severe-burden share is 12%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. Court records for this tract carry 503 eviction filings.

The worst year on record was 2015, when filings touched 14.4% of renter households. At $1,328 a month, rents sit 9% over what the rest of Cleveland Heights commands. The most recent observed rate, 7.8% in 2016, is well off that peak.

Among the 18 mapped neighborhoods of Cleveland Heights, it ranks #15 by risk, the lower third. Only 25% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin here; price renewals off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.

The closest comparables inside the same city are Euclid Golf Historic District and Fairmount Boulevard Historic District. Against average income of $80,927, annual rent is only 20%, a wide affordability cushion.

Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

Because the boundary contains one tract, 3.4/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
3.4
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Summit Park vs Cleveland Heights How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
51.2% +70%
Cleveland Heights: 30.2%
Average gross rent
$1,328 +9%
Cleveland Heights: $1,216
Average HH income
$80,927 +12%
Cleveland Heights: $72,302
Poverty rate
5.3% -64%
Cleveland Heights: 14.7%
Renter share
24.6% -41%
Cleveland Heights: 41.8%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Summit Park and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 3.4–3.4

Why Summit Park scores 3.4

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 2.4–2.4 across tracts
2.4
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 6.7–6.7 across tracts
6.7
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 7.0–7.0 across tracts
7.0
Rent control risk
51% of income on rent · Range 5.9–5.9 across tracts
5.9
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 1.9–1.9 across tracts
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
25% renter households · Range 8.4–8.4 across tracts
8.4
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 6.3–6.3 across tracts
6.3
Economic stress
5.3% below poverty line · Range 1.3–1.3 across tracts
1.3
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 6.0–6.0 across tracts
6.0
Risk score comparison

Summit Park vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Summit Park score vs. parent city, state, U.S.3.4Summit ParkNeighborhood4.6Parent cityhost city4.0Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

1 tracts in Summit Park

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
39035140400 3.4 3,692 51% $1,328
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 55

Pop-weighted across 1 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 43%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 48%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 74%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 60%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Summit Park

Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 503Total filings (sum)
  • 9.75%Avg annual filing rate
  • 14.4%Peak year (2015)
  • 7.79%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Summit Park

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Summit Park

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Summit Park?

Summit Park scores 3.4/10 (Lower tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2

How does Summit Park compare to Cleveland Heights overall?

Summit Park scores 1.2 points lower than Cleveland Heights overall (4.6/10). Renters spend 51% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $1,328 vs $1,216.
Q3

What is the average rent in Summit Park?

Average gross rent in Summit Park is $1,328/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Summit Park residents are renters?

25% of Summit Park households are renter-occupied (vs 42% in Cleveland Heights). The neighborhood has 3,692 residents.
Q5

Is Summit Park a high social-vulnerability area?

Summit Park sits in the 55th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

How safe is Summit Park for landlords?

Summit Park carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.4/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Cleveland Heights as a whole (4.6/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q7

What is the demographic breakdown of Summit Park?

Summit Park has 3,824 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (45.9%), White (non-Hispanic) (41.8%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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