1 census tracts · pop 1,327 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6/10
· range 6–6
Wakefield is a one-tract neighborhood of Cleveland, OH and houses 1,327 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 6/10, in the Elevated tier. The poverty rate is 34%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
What pushes the score up most is economic stress at 8.5/10. Running cool is rent-regulation exposure, at 2/10. SNAP participation is 28.0% of households versus 15.2% nationally.
Food insecurity affects 31.0% of adults, 13.2 points above the national rate. Well under the midpoint is supply constraint, at 2.3/10.
Court records for this tract carry 623 eviction filings. 10% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate.
Rent consumes at least 30% of income for roughly one in three of renter households. The worst year on record was 2007, when filings touched 17.5% of renter households.
The most recent observed rate, 8.4% in 2016, is well off that peak. Average gross rent is $882, 7% below the Cleveland average of $945. That places it #2 of 57 neighborhoods in Cleveland.
For a like-for-like read, Belvoir Village and Stockyards score within a fraction of it.
One tract means one number: 6/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
6
Elevated
1 tracts · population-weighted
Wakefield vs ClevelandHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority59%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport81%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Wakefield
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
623Total filings (sum)
13.00%Avg annual filing rate
17.5%Peak year (2007)
8.38%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
120Total filings 2020-21
1.6Avg monthly observed
2.7Pre-pandemic baseline
0.58×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Cleveland, OH).
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Wakefield
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
22.8%Housing insecurity
17.0%Utility shutoff threat
31.0%Food insecurity
28.0%SNAP enrollment
17.2%No health insurance
37.1%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Wakefield
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Wakefield?
Wakefield 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 Wakefield compare to Cleveland overall?
Wakefield scores 1.4 points higher than Cleveland overall (4.6/10). Renters spend 34% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $882 vs $945.
Q3
What is the average rent in Wakefield?
Average gross rent in Wakefield is $882/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Wakefield residents are renters?
52% of Wakefield households are renter-occupied (vs 58% in Cleveland). The neighborhood has 1,327 residents.
Q5
Is Wakefield a high social-vulnerability area?
Wakefield sits in the 91st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly 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 Wakefield for landlords?
Wakefield 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 Wakefield?
Wakefield has 1,433 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (53.2%), Hispanic / Latino (17.9%), Black (non-Hispanic) (14.4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
