Neighborhood · Ranked #26,932 of 84,120 nationally

Gold Coast Eviction Risk: Moderate , Lakewood

Tract 39035160603 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 1,460 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

With a score of 5.5/10, tract 39035160603 in the Gold Coast area of Lakewood ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 1,460 residents. That is riskier than roughly 56% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

39% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 7% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $969 a month against an average household income of $42,400 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. Renters make up 89% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

5.8

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 35% Stable renters 54% Owners 11%

Tract context

Occupied units1,097

Renter share89.2%

SVI overall0.35

Poverty rate8.3%

Median income$42,400

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Lakewood and the region

Centroid at 41.4900, -81.7747 · click any tract to drill in

Why Gold Coast scores 5.8

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

8.3% poverty · this tract

2.1

Supply constraint

$969 rent vs county FMR

3.0

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: 35

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

75%Socioeconomic
1%Household composition
38%Racial/ethnic minority
49%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

34%Grade A
47%Grade B
19%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.

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.

10.4%Housing insecurity
7.9%Utility-shutoff threat
10.9%Food insecurity
8.4%SNAP enrollment
7.0%Transit barriers
5.9%No health insurance
17.1%Frequent mental distress
21.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Gold Coast

The heaviest input here is 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 safer side for landlords.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

In CDC survey modeling, about 10.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 39035160603

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035160603?

Census tract 39035160603 in the Gold Coast neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (Moderate 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 39035160603?

Median gross rent is $969/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 39035160603?

8.3% of residents in tract 39035160603 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,460.

How socially vulnerable is tract 39035160603?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 35th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 1th, minority 38th, housing 49th.

Is tract 39035160603 considered part of Gold Coast?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39035160603 fall within Gold Coast (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 39035160603 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.4% 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. 7.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 39035160603 compare to Lakewood overall?

Tract 39035160603 scores 5.8/10, 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 39035160603 historically redlined?

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