2 census tracts · pop 2,675 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6/10
· range 6–6
Asiatown is a 2-tract neighborhood of Cleveland, OH, population 2,675. The Eviction Risk Score is 6/10, in the Elevated tier. Cost burden runs 58% against 31.5% citywide, putting Asiatown 26.3% over its own city.
The severe-burden share is 29%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The poverty rate is 36%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. Annualized rent equals 36% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with.
SNAP participation is 34.2% of households versus 15.2% nationally. 69% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building two streets over. The clearest offset is supply constraint, at 1.9/10.
Well under the midpoint is rent-regulation exposure, at 2/10. Running hot is economic stress at 7.7/10.
CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 22.8% of adults, against 14.2% nationally. Court records carry 561 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts.
Average gross rent is $831, 12% below the Cleveland average of $945. The worst year on record was 2007, when filings touched 7.2% of renter households. Recent filings have not receded much: 5.5% in 2016 against a 7.2% peak.
That places it #2 of 57 neighborhoods in Cleveland.
With little internal variation, 6/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
6
Elevated
2 tracts · population-weighted
Asiatown vs ClevelandHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority83%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport82%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Asiatown
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
561Total filings (sum)
5.12%Avg annual filing rate
7.2%Peak year (2007)
5.56%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
414Total filings 2020-21
2.8Avg monthly observed
2.0Pre-pandemic baseline
1.31×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Cleveland, OH).
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Asiatown
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
22.5%Housing insecurity
17.4%Utility shutoff threat
37.4%Food insecurity
33.5%SNAP enrollment
16.6%No health insurance
40.7%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Asiatown
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Asiatown?
Asiatown scores 6/10 (Elevated tier) across 2 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 Asiatown compare to Cleveland overall?
Asiatown scores 1.4 points higher than Cleveland overall (4.6/10). Renters spend 58% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $831 vs $945.
Q3
What is the average rent in Asiatown?
Average gross rent in Asiatown is $831/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Asiatown residents are renters?
69% of Asiatown households are renter-occupied (vs 58% in Cleveland). The neighborhood has 2,675 residents.
Q5
Is Asiatown a high social-vulnerability area?
Asiatown sits in the 91st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Asiatown have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Asiatown is census tract 39035108301 (score 6/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 6 to 6, a spread of 0 points.
Q7
How safe is Asiatown for landlords?
Asiatown carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6/10). Pop-weighted across 2 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 as a whole (4.6/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Asiatown?
Asiatown has 2,536 residents. Top groups: Asian (non-Hispanic) (28.9%), White (non-Hispanic) (26.9%), Black (non-Hispanic) (22.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
