Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally
Karlin Eviction Risk: Elevated , Cleveland
Tract 39035110901 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 2,912 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
39035110901 is a census tract in the Karlin area of Cleveland, OH. It scores 6/10 for landlords. The dominant input is economic stress at 9.3/10.
Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 56%
Tract context
Occupied units1,154
Renter share43.9%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate37.1%
Median income$40,695
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
77
th percentile
High
Within county
73
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
99
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cleveland and the region
Centroid at 41.4585, -81.6679 · click any tract to drill in
Why Karlin scores 6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
37.1% poverty · this tract
9.3
Supply constraint
$861 rent vs county FMR
2.1
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 Karlin compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 83
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 93%Socioeconomic
- 93%Household composition
- 71%Racial/ethnic minority
- 30%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
- 0%Grade C
- 35%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
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)
- 1,168Total filings over 12 yrs
- 17.32%Avg annual filing rate
- 26.6%Peak (2008)
- 66Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 12 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 337Total filings 2020-21
- 4.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 5.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.84×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Cleveland, OH as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Karlin. 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.
- 27.7%Housing insecurity
- 23.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 39.2%Food insecurity
- 40.6%SNAP enrollment
- 19.5%Transit barriers
- 16.3%No health insurance
- 22.6%Frequent mental distress
- 43.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Karlin
The poverty rate is 37%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10.
Severe burden reaches 17%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Housing insecurity runs 27.7% against 14.2% nationally.
It sits 1.4 points above the Cuyahoga County average of 4.6. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10. Against Cuyahoga County at 43.0%, 36% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Disability prevalence runs 43.6% against 31.5% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,168 filings here across 12 tracked years.
The worst year on record was 2008, when 26.6% of renter households were served. Average gross rent is $861, 9% below the Cleveland average.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 39035110901
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035110901?
Census tract 39035110901 in the Karlin 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 39035110901?
Median gross rent is $861/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39035110901?
37.1% of residents in tract 39035110901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,912.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39035110901?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 93th, minority 71th, housing 30th.
Q5
Is tract 39035110901 considered part of Karlin?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39035110901 fall within Karlin (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035110901?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,168 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035110901 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 17.32% of renter households, peaking at 26.6% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 39035110901 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.84× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Cleveland eviction risk, OH), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 39035110901 struggle to pay rent?
About 27.7% 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. 23.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 39035110901 compare to Cleveland overall?
Tract 39035110901 scores 6/10, higher than the parent city of Cleveland at 4.6/10. 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 39035110901 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. 35% 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.
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