Census Tract · Ranked #52,322 of 84,120 nationally

Independence Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 39035156102 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 6,042

Independence in Cuyahoga County anchors census tract 39035156102, which lands at 3.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 9th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

0% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $110,357 a year. Renters make up 3% of occupied homes.

Risk score

3.9

Lower

Confidence 85% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 0% Stable renters 3% Owners 97%

Tract context

Occupied units2,550

Renter share3.5%

SVI overall0.04

Poverty rate1.9%

Median income$110,357

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Independence and the region

Centroid at 41.3675, -81.6328 · click any tract to drill in

Why Independence scores 3.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Independence

7.0

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.7

State political climate

Ohio legislature & governorship

2.4

Economic stress

1.9% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

tract rent vs county FMR

5.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Independence

1.7

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.4

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Independence

2.2

Housing court bias

Inherited from Independence

1.9

How Independence compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 4

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

5%Socioeconomic
37%Household composition
15%Racial/ethnic minority
5%Housing & transportation

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)

32Total filings over 11 yrs
2.14%Avg annual filing rate
3.5%Peak (2009)
2Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2004 to 2016

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.

5.7%Housing insecurity
4.2%Utility-shutoff threat
6.4%Food insecurity
4.3%SNAP enrollment
4.1%Transit barriers
4.3%No health insurance
13.1%Frequent mental distress
23.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Independence

The heaviest input here is supply constraint at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Independence, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores well below the Cuyahoga County average of 5.8 and below the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 4th 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 5.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.

Frequently asked

About tract 39035156102

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035156102?

Census tract 39035156102 in Independence scores 3.9/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the poverty rate in tract 39035156102?

1.9% of residents in tract 39035156102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,042.

How socially vulnerable is tract 39035156102?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 4th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 37th, minority 15th, housing 5th.

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035156102?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 32 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 39035156102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.14% of renter households, peaking at 3.5% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 39035156102 struggle to pay rent?

About 5.7% 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.

How does tract 39035156102 compare to Independence overall?

Tract 39035156102 scores 3.9/10, right in line with the parent city of Independence at 3.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Independence; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Independence

Top eight tracts in Independence ranked by composite eviction-risk score.