1 census tracts · pop 2,769 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6/10
· range 6–6
Little Italy is a one-tract neighborhood of Cleveland, OH and houses 2,769 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 6/10, in the Elevated tier. The severe-burden share is 46%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
Annualized rent equals 57% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with. Cost burden runs 57% against 31.5% citywide, putting Little Italy 25.8% over its own city.
The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 42%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest.
This is a renter market: 84% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Running cool is rent-regulation exposure, at 2/10.
At $1,124 a month, rents sit 19% over what the rest of Cleveland commands. The filing record is not thin: 140 evictions logged in this tract. Filing activity peaked in 2005 at 1.4% of renter households.
The most recent observed rate, 0.4% in 2016, is well off that peak. That places it #2 of 57 neighborhoods in Cleveland.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 6/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
6
Elevated
1 tracts · population-weighted
Little Italy vs ClevelandHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority60%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport72%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Little Italy
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
140Total filings (sum)
0.75%Avg annual filing rate
1.4%Peak year (2005)
0.42%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
43Total filings 2020-21
0.6Avg monthly observed
0.5Pre-pandemic baseline
1.10×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Cleveland, OH).
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Little Italy
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
13.7%Housing insecurity
10.4%Utility shutoff threat
21.9%Food insecurity
17.5%SNAP enrollment
9.4%No health insurance
30.9%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Little Italy
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Little Italy?
Little Italy 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 Little Italy compare to Cleveland overall?
Little Italy scores 1.4 points higher than Cleveland overall (4.6/10). Renters spend 57% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $1,124 vs $945.
Q3
What is the average rent in Little Italy?
Average gross rent in Little Italy is $1,124/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Little Italy residents are renters?
84% of Little Italy households are renter-occupied (vs 58% in Cleveland). The neighborhood has 2,769 residents.
Q5
Is Little Italy a high social-vulnerability area?
Little Italy sits in the 45th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less 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 Little Italy for landlords?
Little Italy 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 Little Italy?
Little Italy has 2,888 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (55.3%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (17.1%), Black (non-Hispanic) (16.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
