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Chagrin-Lee Eviction Risk: Elevated , Shaker Heights

Tract 39035120801 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 1,676 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

Tract 39035120801 sits in the Chagrin-Lee area of Cleveland eviction risk, OH, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6/10. Population here is 1,676. Severe burden reaches 61%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 42% Stable renters 8% Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units885
Renter share50.1%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate36.6%
Median income$28,724

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
89 th percentile
Rank, 89th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 10 tracts In Chagrin-Lee
High
Within parent city
36 th percentile
Rank, 36th percentileLowHigh
#102 of 159 tracts In Shaker Heights
Low
Within county
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#15 of 427 tracts In Cuyahoga County
Very High
Within state
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#47 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Shaker Heights and the region

Centroid at 41.4589, -81.5757 · click any tract to drill in

Why Chagrin-Lee scores 6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Shaker Heights
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.7
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
36.6% poverty · this tract
9.1
Supply constraint
$879 rent vs county FMR
2.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Shaker Heights
2.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Shaker Heights
6.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Shaker Heights
5.0

How Chagrin-Lee compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Chagrin-Lee risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.0This tracttract 1208014.0Shaker Heightsparent city4.6Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 79

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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)

  • 741Total filings over 12 yrs
  • 12.61%Avg annual filing rate
  • 17.4%Peak (2013)
  • 46Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 39035120801
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 12 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 230Total filings 2020-21
  • 3.0Avg monthly (observed)
  • 4.5Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.66×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Cleveland, OH as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Chagrin-Lee. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

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 Chagrin-Lee

Against Cuyahoga County at 43.0%, 84% of renters here are cost-burdened. SNAP participation runs 45.2% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 42.3% against 17.8% nationally.

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 9.1/10. The poverty rate is 37%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Set annual rent against average income of $28,724 and the ratio lands at 37%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.

Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. Against the Cuyahoga County average of 4.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points.

Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10. The filing record is not thin: 741 evictions over 12 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2013 at 17.4% of renter households.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 39035120801

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035120801?

Census tract 39035120801 in the Chagrin-Lee 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 39035120801?

Median gross rent is $879/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 84% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39035120801?

36.6% of residents in tract 39035120801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,676.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39035120801?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 80th, minority 94th, housing 37th.
Q5

Is tract 39035120801 considered part of Chagrin-Lee?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39035120801 fall within Chagrin-Lee (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035120801?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 741 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035120801 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.61% of renter households, peaking at 17.4% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 39035120801 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.66× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Cleveland eviction risk, OH), 2020-2021.
Q8

What share of households in tract 39035120801 struggle to pay rent?

About 31.3% 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. 27.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9

How does tract 39035120801 compare to Shaker Heights overall?

Tract 39035120801 scores 6/10, higher than the parent city of Shaker Heights at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Shaker Heights eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q10

Was tract 39035120801 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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 Shaker Heights

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

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