Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #10,727 of 84,120 nationally
Colonial Heights Eviction Risk: Elevated , East Cleveland
Tract 39035151200 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 1,685 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Census tract 39035151200 covers part of the Colonial Heights area of East Cleveland, OH, and scores 7.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 1,685. Set annual rent against average income of $16,835 and the ratio lands at 54%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.
Risk score
7.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 38%
Stable renters 42%
Owners 20%
Tract context
Occupied units1,117
Renter share80.6%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate47.1%
Median income$16,835
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
89
th percentile
High
Within county
98
th percentile
Very High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across East Cleveland and the region
Centroid at 41.5419, -81.5608 · click any tract to drill in
Why Colonial Heights scores 7.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from East Cleveland
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.7
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
47.1% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$760 rent vs county FMR
1.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from East Cleveland
8.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from East Cleveland
9.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from East Cleveland
8.9
How Colonial Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 96
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 95%Socioeconomic
- 81%Household composition
- 92%Racial/ethnic minority
- 91%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
- 10%Grade B
- 36%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
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.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 1,063Total filings over 12 yrs
- 9.89%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.9%Peak (2007)
- 111Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 88% over the past 12 months.
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.
- 36.1%Housing insecurity
- 32.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 48.7%Food insecurity
- 53.5%SNAP enrollment
- 24.7%Transit barriers
- 13.5%No health insurance
- 22.1%Frequent mental distress
- 45.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Colonial Heights
The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10. Against the Cuyahoga County average of 4.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.8 points.
The poverty rate is 47%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 32.9% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.8/10.
Housing insecurity runs 36.1% against 14.2% nationally. The severe-burden share is 28%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. 81% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.
Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 8.9/10. roughly one in two of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Cuyahoga County average of 43.0%.
Court records carry 1,063 eviction filings across 12 observed years. Filings peaked in 2007 at 11.9% of renter households. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.
In a typical year about 9.9% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 39035151200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035151200?
Census tract 39035151200 in the Colonial Heights neighborhood scores 7.4/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 39035151200?
Median gross rent is $760/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39035151200?
47.1% of residents in tract 39035151200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,685.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39035151200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 81th, minority 92th, housing 91th.
Q5
Is tract 39035151200 considered part of Colonial Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39035151200 fall within Colonial Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035151200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,063 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035151200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.89% of renter households, peaking at 11.9% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 39035151200 struggle to pay rent?
About 36.1% 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. 32.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 39035151200 compare to East Cleveland overall?
Tract 39035151200 scores 7.4/10, higher than the parent city of East Cleveland at 6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from East Cleveland eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 39035151200 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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