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Neighborhood · Ranked #52,322 of 84,120 nationally

Beach Cliff Eviction Risk: Lower , Rocky River

Tract 39035181100 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 7,163 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Tract 39035181100, home to 7,163 residents in the Beach Cliff neighborhood of Rocky River, scores 4.9/10 for landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 35th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 31% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $971 a month against an average household income of $118,681 a year, roughly 10% of income at the averages. About 28% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9% Stable renters 19% Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units2,997
Renter share27.7%
SVI overall0.23
Poverty rate4.0%
Median income$118,681

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileBottomTop
#1 of 1 tracts In Beach Cliff
Moderate
Within parent city
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileBottomTop
#3 of 4 tracts In Rocky River
Low
Within county
3 th percentile
Rank, 3rd percentileBottomTop
#415 of 427 tracts In Cuyahoga County
Very Low
Within state
31 th percentile
Rank, 31st percentileBottomTop
#2,186 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Rocky River and the region

Centroid at 41.4826, -81.8579 · click any tract to drill in

Why Beach Cliff scores 3.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Rocky River
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.7
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
4.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$971 rent vs county FMR
3.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Rocky River
3.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Rocky River
6.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Rocky River
3.5

How Beach Cliff compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Beach Cliff risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.93.9This tracttract 181100Rocky River: 4.24.2Rocky Riverparent cityCounty: 5.35.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.54.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 23

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: A: Best

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

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)

  • 101Total filings over 12 yrs
  • 1.42%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.6%Peak (2005)
  • 9Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 390351811002004: 7 filings (0.98/100 renter HHs)2005: 15 filings (2.55/100 renter HHs)2006: 9 filings (1.53/100 renter HHs)2007: 7 filings (1.19/100 renter HHs)2008: 4 filings (0.68/100 renter HHs)2009: 6 filings (1.02/100 renter HHs)2010: 11 filings (1.59/100 renter HHs)2011: 15 filings (2.63/100 renter HHs)2012: 8 filings (1.40/100 renter HHs)2013: 5 filings (0.88/100 renter HHs)2015: 5 filings (0.88/100 renter HHs)2016: 9 filings (1.72/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 29% 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Beach Cliff

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 6.3/10. 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 Rocky River, 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 A ("Best"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 101 eviction filings here over 12 tracked years, with about 1.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 2.6% of renter households in 2005.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 39035181100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035181100?

Census tract 39035181100 in the Beach Cliff neighborhood 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.

Q2

What is the average rent in tract 39035181100?

Median gross rent is $971/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.

Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39035181100?

4.0% of residents in tract 39035181100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,163.

Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39035181100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 23th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 17th, household 28th, minority 6th, housing 56th.

Q5

Is tract 39035181100 considered part of Beach Cliff?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39035181100 fall within Beach Cliff (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).

Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035181100?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 101 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035181100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.42% of renter households, peaking at 2.6% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Q7

What share of households in tract 39035181100 struggle to pay rent?

About 4.9% 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. 3.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

Q8

How does tract 39035181100 compare to Rocky River overall?

Tract 39035181100 scores 3.9/10, lower than the parent city of Rocky River at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Rocky River; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Q9

Was tract 39035181100 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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 Rocky River

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

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