Census Tract · Ranked #26,423 of 84,120 nationally

Garfield Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 39035154603 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 3,214

In Garfield Heights in Cuyahoga County, census tract 39035154603 scores 7.1/10 for eviction risk. It lands near the 95th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 68% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 65% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,127 monthly, set against $55,781 in average yearly household income, roughly 24% of income at the averages. About 31% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

5.8

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 10% Owners 69%

Tract context

Occupied units1,205

Renter share30.8%

SVI overall0.56

Poverty rate30.4%

Median income$55,781

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Garfield Heights and the region

Centroid at 41.4136, -81.5942 · click any tract to drill in

Why Garfield Heights scores 5.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Garfield Heights

7.0

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.7

State political climate

Ohio legislature & governorship

2.4

Economic stress

30.4% poverty · this tract

7.6

Supply constraint

$1,127 rent vs county FMR

4.3

Rent control risk

Inherited from Garfield Heights

8.9

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Garfield Heights

8.4

Housing court bias

Inherited from Garfield Heights

8.5

How Garfield Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 56

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

85%Socioeconomic
49%Household composition
78%Racial/ethnic minority
9%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
86%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)

159Total filings over 12 yrs
7.12%Avg annual filing rate
6.5%Peak (2015)
17Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2004 to 2016

Filings climbed 183% over the past 12 months.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

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.

19.1%Housing insecurity
15.4%Utility-shutoff threat
23.4%Food insecurity
21.8%SNAP enrollment
12.1%Transit barriers
8.8%No health insurance
18.7%Frequent mental distress
33.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Garfield Heights

What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 8.9/10. 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 Garfield Heights eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 19.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 15.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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.

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 39035154603

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035154603?

Census tract 39035154603 in Garfield Heights scores 5.8/10 (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 39035154603?

Median gross rent is $1,127/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 68% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 39035154603?

30.4% of residents in tract 39035154603 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,214.

How socially vulnerable is tract 39035154603?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 49th, minority 78th, housing 9th.

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035154603?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 159 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035154603 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.12% of renter households, peaking at 6.5% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 39035154603 struggle to pay rent?

About 19.1% 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. 15.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 39035154603 compare to Garfield Heights overall?

Tract 39035154603 scores 5.8/10, right in line with the parent city of Garfield Heights at 5.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Garfield Heights eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 39035154603 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Garfield Heights

Top eight tracts in Garfield Heights ranked by composite eviction-risk score.