3 census tracts · pop 6,774 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6/10
· range 6–6
Karlin is a 3-tract neighborhood of Cleveland, OH and houses 6,774 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 6/10, in the Elevated tier. 45% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, clearly above the Cleveland rate of 31.5%.
SNAP participation is 38.1% of households versus 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 35%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
The dominant input is economic stress at 8.8/10. Food insecurity affects 37.7% of adults, 19.9 points above the national rate. The severe-burden share is 22%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
Running cool is rent-regulation exposure, at 2/10. On the softer side is supply constraint, at 2.4/10.
Filings are well documented here: 2,738 across 3 observed tracts. Filing activity peaked in 2013 at 26.6% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 9.8% in 2016, is well off that peak.
That places it #2 of 57 neighborhoods in Cleveland. For a like-for-like read, Belvoir Village and Magnolia-Wade Park Historic District score within a fraction of it.
Social vulnerability runs high at 8.9/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
6
Elevated
3 tracts · population-weighted
Karlin vs ClevelandHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority73%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport45%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Karlin
Aggregated across 3 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
2,738Total filings (sum)
15.20%Avg annual filing rate
26.6%Peak year (2013)
9.84%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
769Total filings 2020-21
3.6Avg monthly observed
5.0Pre-pandemic baseline
0.73×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 Karlin
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
27.6%Housing insecurity
22.8%Utility shutoff threat
38.4%Food insecurity
39.1%SNAP enrollment
15.5%No health insurance
42.6%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Karlin
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Karlin?
Karlin scores 6/10 (Elevated tier) across 3 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 Karlin compare to Cleveland overall?
Karlin scores 1.4 points higher than Cleveland overall (4.6/10). Renters spend 45% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $896 vs $945.
Q3
What is the average rent in Karlin?
Average gross rent in Karlin is $896/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Karlin residents are renters?
57% of Karlin households are renter-occupied (vs 58% in Cleveland). The neighborhood has 6,774 residents.
Q5
Is Karlin a high social-vulnerability area?
Karlin 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
Which tracts in Karlin have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Karlin is census tract 39035110901 (score 6/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 6 to 6, a spread of 0 points.
Q7
How safe is Karlin for landlords?
Karlin carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6/10). Pop-weighted across 3 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 Karlin?
Karlin has 6,466 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (43.7%), White (non-Hispanic) (32.8%), Hispanic / Latino (16.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
