Neighborhood · Ranked #16,650 of 84,120 nationally

The Highlands Eviction Risk: Elevated , Cleveland Heights

Tract 39035140702 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 2,186 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

Tract 39035140702 covers The Highlands in Cleveland Heights in Ohio. Home to 2,186 residents, it scores 6.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 91st percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 62% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 40% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,050 monthly, set against $39,576 in average yearly household income, roughly 32% of income at the averages. About 70% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

6.8

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 43% Stable renters 27% Owners 30%

Tract context

Occupied units799

Renter share70.2%

SVI overall0.75

Poverty rate34.1%

Median income$39,576

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Cleveland Heights and the region

Centroid at 41.5051, -81.5608 · click any tract to drill in

Why The Highlands scores 6.8

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

34.1% poverty · this tract

8.5

Supply constraint

$1,050 rent vs county FMR

3.7

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 The Highlands 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.

85%Socioeconomic
46%Household composition
86%Racial/ethnic minority
51%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.

0%Grade A
100%Grade B
0%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)

381Total filings over 12 yrs
9.31%Avg annual filing rate
11.5%Peak (2016)
46Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2004 to 2016

Filings climbed 207% 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.

19.5%Housing insecurity
16.2%Utility-shutoff threat
24.5%Food insecurity
23.6%SNAP enrollment
13.0%Transit barriers
8.8%No health insurance
18.1%Frequent mental distress
32.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in The Highlands

What moves this score most is economic stress at 8.5/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 19.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 16.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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.

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 39035140702

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035140702?

Census tract 39035140702 in the The Highlands neighborhood scores 6.8/10 (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 39035140702?

Median gross rent is $1,050/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 39035140702?

34.1% of residents in tract 39035140702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,186.

How socially vulnerable is tract 39035140702?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 46th, minority 86th, housing 51th.

Is tract 39035140702 considered part of The Highlands?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39035140702 fall within The Highlands (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035140702?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 381 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035140702 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.31% of renter households, peaking at 11.5% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 39035140702 struggle to pay rent?

About 19.5% 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. 16.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 39035140702 compare to Cleveland Heights overall?

Tract 39035140702 scores 6.8/10, 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 39035140702 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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