3 census tracts · pop 7,901 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.3/10
· range 4.5–5.7
Gold Coast is a 3-tract neighborhood of Lakewood, OH and houses 7,901 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 5.3/10, in the Moderate tier. Cost burden runs 45% against 25.1% citywide, putting Gold Coast 19.4% over its own city.
What pushes the score up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10. This is a renter market: 68% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Severe burden reaches 19%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears.
Well under the midpoint is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.2/10. Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 4.5 to 5.7, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk.
The poverty rate is 19%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. The filing record is not thin: 1,658 evictions logged in this tract. Filing activity peaked in 2006 at 21.1% of renter households.
The most recent observed rate, 8.7% in 2016, is well off that peak. That places it #2 of 9 neighborhoods in Lakewood.
Average gross rent runs $1,039, close to the Lakewood average. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $51,306.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 5.3 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
3 tracts · population-weighted
Gold Coast vs LakewoodHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority39%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport65%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Gold Coast
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
1,658Total filings (sum)
13.89%Avg annual filing rate
21.1%Peak year (2006)
8.74%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Gold Coast
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
10.3%Housing insecurity
7.9%Utility shutoff threat
12.2%Food insecurity
9.9%SNAP enrollment
6.9%No health insurance
25.7%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Gold Coast
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Gold Coast?
Gold Coast scores 5.3/10 (Moderate tier) across 3 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 Gold Coast compare to Lakewood overall?
Gold Coast scores 0.9 points higher than Lakewood overall (4.4/10). Renters spend 45% of income on rent vs 25% citywide. Average rent: $1,039 vs $1,070.
Q3
What is the average rent in Gold Coast?
Average gross rent in Gold Coast is $1,039/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Gold Coast residents are renters?
68% of Gold Coast households are renter-occupied (vs 56% in Lakewood). The neighborhood has 7,901 residents.
Q5
Is Gold Coast a high social-vulnerability area?
Gold Coast sits in the 56th 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 Gold Coast have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Gold Coast is census tract 39035160602 (score 5.7/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 4.5 to 5.7, a spread of 1.2 points.
Q7
How safe is Gold Coast for landlords?
Gold Coast carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.3/10). Pop-weighted across 3 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Lakewood as a whole (4.4/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Gold Coast?
Gold Coast has 7,731 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (74.9%), Black (non-Hispanic) (12.7%), Hispanic / Latino (7.4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
