5 census tracts · pop 13,002 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.2/10
· range 4.9–6
Mill Creek spans 5 census tracts of Garfield Heights, OH, population 13,002. The Eviction Risk Score is 5.2/10, in the Moderate tier. about half of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, well above the Garfield Heights rate of 37.5%.
The severe-burden share is 29%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. What pushes the score up most is tenant-organizing strength at 7.8/10.
Running hot is housing-court posture at 7.7/10. The 5 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 4.9 to 6, a 1.1-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address. Filings are well documented here: 2,202 across 5 observed tracts.
SNAP participation is 25.8% of households versus 15.2% nationally. CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 21.6% of adults, against 14.2% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint is rent-regulation exposure at 7.2/10.
Filing activity peaked in 2016 at 19.3% of renter households. Average gross rent is $1,056, 6% below the Garfield Heights average of $1,129.
Judgments average 4.3% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $50,257. 45% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 5.2 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
5 tracts · population-weighted
Mill Creek vs Garfield HeightsHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority69%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport35%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Mill Creek
Aggregated across 5 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
2,202Total filings (sum)
9.50%Avg annual filing rate
19.3%Peak year (2016)
10.19%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
397Total filings 2020-21
5.2Avg monthly observed
6.9Pre-pandemic baseline
0.75×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Cleveland, OH).
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Mill Creek
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
21.5%Housing insecurity
17.3%Utility shutoff threat
27.3%Food insecurity
26.1%SNAP enrollment
10.2%No health insurance
35.5%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Mill Creek
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Mill Creek?
Mill Creek scores 5.2/10 (Moderate tier) across 5 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 Mill Creek compare to Garfield Heights overall?
Mill Creek scores 0.6 points higher than Garfield Heights overall (4.6/10). Renters spend 51% of income on rent vs 38% citywide. Average rent: $1,056 vs $1,129.
Q3
What is the average rent in Mill Creek?
Average gross rent in Mill Creek is $1,056/month (pop-weighted across 5 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Mill Creek residents are renters?
45% of Mill Creek households are renter-occupied (vs 41% in Garfield Heights). The neighborhood has 13,002 residents.
Q5
Is Mill Creek a high social-vulnerability area?
Mill Creek sits in the 60th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Mill Creek have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Mill Creek is census tract 39035154100 (score 6/10). Across the 5 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 4.9 to 6, a spread of 1.1 points.
Q7
How safe is Mill Creek for landlords?
Mill Creek carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.2/10). Pop-weighted across 5 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Garfield Heights as a whole (4.6/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Mill Creek?
Mill Creek has 13,635 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (52%), White (non-Hispanic) (40.3%), Hispanic / Latino (3.9%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
