Neighborhood · Ranked #28,080 of 84,120 nationally

Forest Hills Eviction Risk: Moderate , Cleveland

Tract 39035116600 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 2,003 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Here is how census tract 39035116600, in the Forest Hills area of Cleveland eviction risk, looks to a landlord: a 6.3/10 eviction-risk score (Elevated tier) across a population of 2,003. That is riskier than about 82% of US census tracts.

About 45% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $916 a month against an average household income of $35,158 a year, roughly 31% of income at the averages. About 54% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

5.7

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 24% Stable renters 30% Owners 46%

Tract context

Occupied units853

Renter share53.7%

SVI overall0.95

Poverty rate33.7%

Median income$35,158

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Cleveland and the region

Centroid at 41.5352, -81.6031 · click any tract to drill in

Why Forest Hills scores 5.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Cleveland

7.0

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.7

State political climate

Ohio legislature & governorship

2.4

Economic stress

33.7% poverty · this tract

8.4

Supply constraint

$916 rent vs county FMR

2.6

Rent control risk

Inherited from Cleveland

2.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

5.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Cleveland

6.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Cleveland

5.0

How Forest Hills compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 95

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

87%Socioeconomic
93%Household composition
98%Racial/ethnic minority
84%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
38%Grade C
41%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)

1,179Total filings over 12 yrs
14.08%Avg annual filing rate
12.3%Peak (2004)
40Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2004 to 2016

Filings dropped 68% over the past 12 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020-2021)

252Total filings 2020-21
3.3Avg monthly (observed)
4.8Pre-pandemic baseline
0.68×Ratio to baseline

Monthly filings 2020-2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01

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 Forest Hills. 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.

29.7%Housing insecurity
25.7%Utility-shutoff threat
39.8%Food insecurity
41.5%SNAP enrollment
19.5%Transit barriers
11.1%No health insurance
19.4%Frequent mental distress
41.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Forest Hills

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 8.4/10. 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 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.

During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.68x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 41% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

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 39035116600

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035116600?

Census tract 39035116600 in the Forest Hills neighborhood scores 5.7/10 (Moderate 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 39035116600?

Median gross rent is $916/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 39035116600?

33.7% of residents in tract 39035116600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,003.

How socially vulnerable is tract 39035116600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 87th, household 93th, minority 98th, housing 84th.

Is tract 39035116600 considered part of Forest Hills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39035116600 fall within Forest Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035116600?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,179 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035116600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.08% of renter households, peaking at 12.3% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Did eviction filings in tract 39035116600 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.68× 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.

What share of households in tract 39035116600 struggle to pay rent?

About 29.7% 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. 25.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 39035116600 compare to Cleveland overall?

Tract 39035116600 scores 5.7/10, right in line with the parent city of Cleveland at 5.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Cleveland eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Q10

Was tract 39035116600 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 41% 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

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