Neighborhood · Ranked #31,898 of 84,120 nationally

Karlin Eviction Risk: Moderate , Cleveland

Tract 39035110901 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 2,912 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Tract 39035110901 covers the Karlin neighborhood of Cleveland in Ohio. Home to 2,912 residents, it scores 6.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #19,356 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

36% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $861 a month while the average household earns $40,695 a year, roughly 25% of income at the averages. Renters make up 44% of occupied homes.

Risk score

5.4

Moderate

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.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Cleveland and the region

Centroid at 41.4585, -81.6679 · click any tract to drill in

Why Karlin scores 5.4

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

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 · 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)

1,168Total filings over 12 yrs
17.32%Avg annual filing rate
26.6%Peak (2008)
66Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2004 to 2016

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

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

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

What moves this score most is economic stress at 9.3/10. 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 about the same as 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 0.84x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.

In CDC survey modeling, about 27.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 23.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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 39035110901

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035110901?

Census tract 39035110901 in the Karlin neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (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 39035110901?

Median gross rent is $861/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

How does tract 39035110901 compare to Cleveland overall?

Tract 39035110901 scores 5.4/10, 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 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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