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Neighborhood · Cleveland, OH

Fairfax Eviction Risk: Elevated

1 census tracts · pop 1,965 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6/10 · range 6–6

Fairfax is a one-tract neighborhood of Cleveland, OH and houses 1,965 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 6/10, in the Elevated tier. 48% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, markedly above the Cleveland rate of 31.5%.

SNAP participation is 42.1% of households versus 15.2% nationally. 32% 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.

Food insecurity affects 41.3% of adults, 23.5 points above the national rate. Annualized rent equals 33% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with.

The poverty rate is 31%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. Pulling the other way is rent-regulation exposure, at 2/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint is economic stress at 7.7/10. At $1,041 a month, rents sit 10% over what the rest of Cleveland commands. Among the 57 mapped neighborhoods of Cleveland, it ranks #2 by risk, the upper third.

The closest comparables inside the same city are Nottingham and Kinsman. Social vulnerability runs high at 8.8/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.

55% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

One tract means one number: 6/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score
6
Elevated
1 tracts · population-weighted
Fairfax vs Cleveland How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
47.9% +52%
Cleveland: 31.5%
Average gross rent
$1,041 +10%
Cleveland: $945
Average HH income
$37,462 -4%
Cleveland: $39,187
Poverty rate
30.8% 0%
Cleveland: 30.8%
Renter share
55.0% -6%
Cleveland: 58.3%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Fairfax and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 6–6

Why Fairfax 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
48% 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
55% 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
30.8% below poverty line · Range 7.7–7.7 across tracts
7.7
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 3.6–3.6 across tracts
3.6
Risk score comparison

Fairfax vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Fairfax score vs. parent city, state, U.S.6.0FairfaxNeighborhood4.6Parent cityhost city4.0Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

1 tracts in Fairfax

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

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
39035198500 6 1,965 48% $1,041
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 87

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

Socioeconomic status 88%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 90%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 96%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 50%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Fairfax

Aggregated across 0 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 120Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.6Avg monthly observed
  • 3.1Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.50×Ratio to baseline

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

CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Fairfax

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

Frequently asked

About Fairfax

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Fairfax?

Fairfax scores 6/10 (Elevated 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 Fairfax compare to Cleveland overall?

Fairfax scores 1.4 points higher than Cleveland overall (4.6/10). Renters spend 48% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $1,041 vs $945.
Q3

What is the average rent in Fairfax?

Average gross rent in Fairfax is $1,041/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Fairfax residents are renters?

55% of Fairfax households are renter-occupied (vs 58% in Cleveland). The neighborhood has 1,965 residents.
Q5

Is Fairfax a high social-vulnerability area?

Fairfax sits in the 87th 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

How safe is Fairfax for landlords?

Fairfax carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6/10). 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 as a whole (4.6/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q7

What is the demographic breakdown of Fairfax?

Fairfax has 1,819 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (92.5%), Other / Multiracial (3.3%), Hispanic / Latino (2.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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