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Neighborhood · Cleveland, OH

Buckeye-Shaker Eviction Risk: Elevated

5 census tracts · pop 9,773 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6/10 · range 6–6

Buckeye-Shaker takes in 5 census tracts of Cleveland, OH, population 9,773. The Eviction Risk Score is 6/10, in the Elevated tier. 61% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, far above the Cleveland rate of 31.5%.

SNAP participation is 46.5% of households versus 15.2% nationally. 35% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate.

The poverty rate is 33%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. Set annual rent against average household income of $30,828 and the ratio lands at 34%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. The dominant input is economic stress at 8.3/10.

Well under the midpoint is rent-regulation exposure, at 2/10. On the softer side is supply constraint, at 2.2/10.

Filings are well documented here: 5,130 across 5 observed tracts. Disability prevalence reaches 43.9% against a 31.5% national average, which raises the odds a reasonable-accommodation request accompanies any dispute. Filing activity peaked in 2012 at 24.6% of renter households.

At $868 a month, rents sit 8% under what the rest of Cleveland commands.

The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
6
Elevated
5 tracts · population-weighted
Buckeye-Shaker vs Cleveland How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
61.4% +95%
Cleveland: 31.5%
Average gross rent
$868 -8%
Cleveland: $945
Average HH income
$30,828 -21%
Cleveland: $39,187
Poverty rate
33.4% +8%
Cleveland: 30.8%
Renter share
54.3% -7%
Cleveland: 58.3%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Buckeye-Shaker and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 5 tracts span score 6–6

Why Buckeye-Shaker scores 6

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
61% of income on rent · Range 2.0–2.0 across tracts
2.0
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 5.5–5.5 across tracts
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
54% renter households · Range 6.0–6.0 across tracts
6.0
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 5.0–5.0 across tracts
5.0
Economic stress
33.4% below poverty line · Range 7.0–10.0 across tracts
8.3
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.0–3.9 across tracts
2.2
Risk score comparison

Buckeye-Shaker vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Buckeye-Shaker score vs. parent city, state, U.S.6.0Buckeye-ShakerNeighborhood4.6Parent cityhost city4.0Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Buckeye-Shaker?

Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.

Score distribution
0246810
Spread of 0 points from 6 to 6. Tracts are relatively uniform, so conditions feel similar throughout the neighborhood.
Tracts as heat grid
Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.
Census tracts

5 tracts in Buckeye-Shaker

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

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
39035119800 6 2,730 62% $1,079
39035119701 6 2,293 78% $788
39035119502 6 1,770 41% $723
39035119402 6 1,574 48% $848
39035119702 6 1,406 72% $793
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 79

Pop-weighted across 5 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 80%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 63%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 96%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 56%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Buckeye-Shaker

Aggregated across 5 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 5,130Total filings (sum)
  • 12.57%Avg annual filing rate
  • 24.6%Peak year (2012)
  • 8.94%Latest filed (2016)

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 1,250Total filings 2020-21
  • 3.3Avg monthly observed
  • 4.8Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.71×Ratio to baseline

Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Cleveland, OH).

CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Buckeye-Shaker

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

Frequently asked

About Buckeye-Shaker

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Buckeye-Shaker?

Buckeye-Shaker scores 6/10 (Elevated tier) across 5 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 Buckeye-Shaker compare to Cleveland overall?

Buckeye-Shaker scores 1.4 points higher than Cleveland overall (4.6/10). Renters spend 61% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $868 vs $945.
Q3

What is the average rent in Buckeye-Shaker?

Average gross rent in Buckeye-Shaker is $868/month (pop-weighted across 5 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Buckeye-Shaker residents are renters?

54% of Buckeye-Shaker households are renter-occupied (vs 58% in Cleveland). The neighborhood has 9,773 residents.
Q5

Is Buckeye-Shaker a high social-vulnerability area?

Buckeye-Shaker sits in the 79th 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 Buckeye-Shaker have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Buckeye-Shaker is census tract 39035119800 (score 6/10). Across the 5 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 6 to 6, a spread of 0 points.
Q7

How safe is Buckeye-Shaker for landlords?

Buckeye-Shaker carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6/10). Pop-weighted across 5 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 Buckeye-Shaker?

Buckeye-Shaker has 10,091 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (87.4%), Other / Multiracial (6.2%), White (non-Hispanic) (3.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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