Within parent city
63
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #23,554 of 84,120 nationally
Garfield Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 39035154502 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 3,298
How risky is Garfield Heights for landlords? Census tract 39035154502 scores 6.9/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than about 93% of US census tracts.
About 50% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,061 monthly, set against $58,494 in average yearly household income, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 31% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units1,495
Renter share30.6%
SVI overall0.33
Poverty rate25.0%
Median income$58,494
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
65
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
80
th percentile
High
National
72
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Garfield Heights and the region
Centroid at 41.4021, -81.6022 · click any tract to drill in
Why Garfield Heights scores 5.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
25.0% poverty · this tract
6.2
Supply constraint
$1,061 rent vs county FMR
3.8
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: 33
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 71%Socioeconomic
- 4%Household composition
- 78%Racial/ethnic minority
- 14%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
- 34%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)
- 819Total filings over 12 yrs
- 21.11%Avg annual filing rate
- 25.8%Peak (2015)
- 59Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 19.0%Housing insecurity
- 15.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 24.0%Food insecurity
- 21.9%SNAP enrollment
- 12.3%Transit barriers
- 9.5%No health insurance
- 18.3%Frequent mental distress
- 35.2%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.
The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 33rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 19.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 15.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
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 39035154502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035154502?
Census tract 39035154502 in Garfield Heights scores 5.1/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 39035154502?
Median gross rent is $1,061/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39035154502?
25.0% of residents in tract 39035154502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,298.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39035154502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 33th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 71th, household 4th, minority 78th, housing 14th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035154502?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 819 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035154502 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 21.11% of renter households, peaking at 25.8% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 39035154502 struggle to pay rent?
About 19.0% 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. 15.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 39035154502 compare to Garfield Heights overall?
Tract 39035154502 scores 5.1/10, higher than the parent city of Garfield Heights at 3.2/10. 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.
Q8
Was tract 39035154502 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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/ 10 · Moderate
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/ 10 · Moderate
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/ 10 · Moderate
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/ 10 · Moderate
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4.3
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