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

Riverside Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Cleveland

Tract 39035124202 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 1,591 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

Census tract 39035124202 runs through the Riverside Park neighborhood of Cleveland. With 1,591 residents, it scores 5.8/10 for landlords. It lands near the 67th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 45% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 11% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $749 a month while the average household earns $42,813 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. About 47% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

5.4

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 26% Owners 53%

Tract context

Occupied units720

Renter share47.4%

SVI overall0.89

Poverty rate16.4%

Median income$42,813

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Cleveland and the region

Centroid at 41.4361, -81.8001 · click any tract to drill in

Why Riverside Park 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

16.4% poverty · this tract

4.1

Supply constraint

$749 rent vs county FMR

1.2

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 Riverside Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 89

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

81%Socioeconomic
92%Household composition
57%Racial/ethnic minority
82%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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
71%Grade C
0%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)

249Total filings over 12 yrs
8.97%Avg annual filing rate
15.9%Peak (2011)
12Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2004 to 2016

Filings climbed 33% over the past 12 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020-2021)

43Total filings 2020-21
0.6Avg monthly (observed)
1.2Pre-pandemic baseline
0.47×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 Riverside Park. 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.

16.7%Housing insecurity
12.1%Utility-shutoff threat
23.2%Food insecurity
19.6%SNAP enrollment
11.2%Transit barriers
13.0%No health insurance
17.6%Frequent mental distress
36.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Riverside Park

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. 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.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 249 eviction filings here over 12 tracked years, with about 9.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 15.9% of renter households in 2011.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 39035124202

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035124202?

Census tract 39035124202 in the Riverside Park 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 39035124202?

Median gross rent is $749/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 39035124202?

16.4% of residents in tract 39035124202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,591.

How socially vulnerable is tract 39035124202?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 92th, minority 57th, housing 82th.

Is tract 39035124202 considered part of Riverside Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39035124202 fall within Riverside Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035124202?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 249 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035124202 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.97% of renter households, peaking at 15.9% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Did eviction filings in tract 39035124202 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.47× 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 39035124202 struggle to pay rent?

About 16.7% 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. 12.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 39035124202 compare to Cleveland overall?

Tract 39035124202 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 39035124202 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% 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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