Neighborhood · Ranked #21,326 of 84,120 nationally

Gold Coast Eviction Risk: Elevated , Lakewood

Tract 39035160604 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 3,408 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

Gold Coast in Lakewood is where census tract 39035160604 sits, home to 3,408 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 6.2/10. That is riskier than roughly 80% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 50% of renter households, a severe level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,128 a month against an average household income of $51,462 a year, roughly 26% of income at the averages. About 56% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

6.3

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 28% Owners 44%

Tract context

Occupied units2,682

Renter share56.3%

SVI overall0.57

Poverty rate19.4%

Median income$51,462

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Lakewood and the region

Centroid at 41.4929, -81.7771 · click any tract to drill in

Why Gold Coast scores 6.3

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

19.4% poverty · this tract

4.9

Supply constraint

$1,128 rent vs county FMR

4.3

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: 57

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

67%Socioeconomic
38%Household composition
29%Racial/ethnic minority
59%Housing & transportation

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.

68%Grade A
27%Grade B
0%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.

7.4%Housing insecurity
5.8%Utility-shutoff threat
9.2%Food insecurity
7.2%SNAP enrollment
5.5%Transit barriers
5.9%No health insurance
13.4%Frequent mental distress
26.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Gold Coast

What moves this score most 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 above 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.

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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 7.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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 39035160604

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035160604?

Census tract 39035160604 in the Gold Coast neighborhood scores 6.3/10 (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 39035160604?

Median gross rent is $1,128/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 39035160604?

19.4% of residents in tract 39035160604 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,408.

How socially vulnerable is tract 39035160604?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 57th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 67th, household 38th, minority 29th, housing 59th.

Is tract 39035160604 considered part of Gold Coast?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39035160604 fall within Gold Coast (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 39035160604 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.4% 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. 5.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 39035160604 compare to Lakewood overall?

Tract 39035160604 scores 6.3/10, 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 39035160604 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 Lakewood

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