Neighborhood · Ranked #18,425 of 84,120 nationally

Gold Coast Eviction Risk: Elevated , Lakewood

Tract 39035160602 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 3,033 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Here is how census tract 39035160602, in the Gold Coast neighborhood of Lakewood eviction risk, looks to a landlord: a $1/10 eviction-risk score (Elevated tier) across a population of 3,033. It lands near the 74th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 41% of renter households, a severe level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $973 monthly, set against $55,417 in average yearly household income, roughly 21% of income at the averages. About 71% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

6.6

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 29% Stable renters 42% Owners 29%

Tract context

Occupied units1,541

Renter share71.1%

SVI overall0.65

Poverty rate23.6%

Median income$55,417

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Lakewood and the region

Centroid at 41.4868, -81.7763 · click any tract to drill in

Why Gold Coast scores 6.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Lakewood

7.0

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.7

State political climate

Ohio legislature & governorship

2.4

Economic stress

23.6% poverty · this tract

5.9

Supply constraint

$973 rent vs county FMR

3.1

Rent control risk

Inherited from Lakewood

4.1

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.2

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Lakewood

9.4

Housing court bias

Inherited from Lakewood

4.8

How Gold Coast compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 65

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

74%Socioeconomic
15%Household composition
51%Racial/ethnic minority
80%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
18%Grade B
54%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)

1,658Total filings over 12 yrs
13.89%Avg annual filing rate
21.1%Peak (2006)
109Filings 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

Within Gold Coast. 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.

13.6%Housing insecurity
10.2%Utility-shutoff threat
16.3%Food insecurity
13.6%SNAP enrollment
9.3%Transit barriers
8.6%No health insurance
18.8%Frequent mental distress
26.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Gold Coast

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.4/10. 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 Lakewood eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 13.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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.

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 39035160602

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035160602?

Census tract 39035160602 in the Gold Coast neighborhood scores 6.6/10 (Elevated 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 average rent in tract 39035160602?

Median gross rent is $973/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 39035160602?

23.6% of residents in tract 39035160602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,033.

How socially vulnerable is tract 39035160602?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 74th, household 15th, minority 51th, housing 80th.

Is tract 39035160602 considered part of Gold Coast?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39035160602 fall within Gold Coast (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035160602?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,658 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035160602 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.89% of renter households, peaking at 21.1% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 39035160602 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.6% 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. 10.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 39035160602 compare to Lakewood overall?

Tract 39035160602 scores 6.6/10, higher than the parent city of Lakewood at 5.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lakewood eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 39035160602 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 Lakewood

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