Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #55,092 of 84,120 nationally
Highland Heights Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 39035155102 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 3,045
Tract 39035155102 covers Highland Heights in Cuyahoga County in Ohio. Home to 3,045 residents, it scores 5.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 49% of US census tracts.
About 31% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 31% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $101,250 a year. About 2% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1-10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 2%
Owners 97%
Tract context
Occupied units1,233
Renter share2.4%
SVI overall0.05
Poverty rate3.7%
Median income$101,250
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
2
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
25
th percentile
Low
National
35
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Highland Heights and the region
Centroid at 41.5391, -81.4786 · click any tract to drill in
Why Highland Heights scores 3.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Highland Heights
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.7
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
3.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Highland Heights
9.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Highland Heights
2.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Highland Heights
5.8
How Highland Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 5
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 6%Socioeconomic
- 21%Household composition
- 13%Racial/ethnic minority
- 12%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
- 3%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)
- 29Total filings over 10 yrs
- 3.72%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.8%Peak (2015)
- 5Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 400% 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.
- 5.8%Housing insecurity
- 4.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.7%Food insecurity
- 4.5%SNAP enrollment
- 4.1%Transit barriers
- 4.7%No health insurance
- 12.6%Frequent mental distress
- 24.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Highland Heights
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 9.6/10. 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 Highland Heights, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Cuyahoga County average of 5.8 and in line with the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 29 eviction filings here over 10 tracked years, with about 3.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 6.8% of renter households in 2015.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 39035155102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035155102?
Census tract 39035155102 in Highland Heights scores 3.7/10 (Lower 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 poverty rate in tract 39035155102?
3.7% of residents in tract 39035155102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,045.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 39035155102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 5th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 21th, minority 13th, housing 12th.
Q4
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035155102?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 29 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 39035155102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.72% of renter households, peaking at 6.8% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q5
What share of households in tract 39035155102 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.8% 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. 4.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 39035155102 compare to Highland Heights overall?
Tract 39035155102 scores 3.7/10, right in line with the parent city of Highland Heights at 3.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Highland Heights; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7
Was tract 39035155102 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 Highland Heights
Top eight tracts in Highland Heights ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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