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

Uptown Eviction Risk: Moderate , Lakewood

Tract 39035161300 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 2,800 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Census tract 39035161300 belongs to the Uptown area of Lakewood, Ohio. It is home to 2,800 residents and scores 5.6/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 60% 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 9% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $920 a month while the average household earns $70,801 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 45% of occupied homes.

Risk score

5.8

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 28% Owners 54%

Tract context

Occupied units1,418

Renter share45.1%

SVI overall0.48

Poverty rate13.5%

Median income$70,801

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Lakewood and the region

Centroid at 41.4776, -81.7973 · click any tract to drill in

Why Uptown 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

13.5% poverty · this tract

3.4

Supply constraint

$920 rent vs county FMR

2.6

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 Uptown compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 48

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

51%Socioeconomic
33%Household composition
27%Racial/ethnic minority
62%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.

0%Grade A
74%Grade B
26%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)

396Total filings over 12 yrs
5.45%Avg annual filing rate
8.8%Peak (2008)
23Filings 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 Uptown. 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.

8.6%Housing insecurity
6.5%Utility-shutoff threat
9.4%Food insecurity
7.2%SNAP enrollment
5.9%Transit barriers
5.8%No health insurance
16.2%Frequent mental distress
23.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Uptown

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 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.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 396 eviction filings here over 12 tracked years, with about 5.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 8.8% of renter households in 2008.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 39035161300

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035161300?

Census tract 39035161300 in the Uptown 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 39035161300?

Median gross rent is $920/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 39035161300?

13.5% of residents in tract 39035161300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,800.

How socially vulnerable is tract 39035161300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 51th, household 33th, minority 27th, housing 62th.

Is tract 39035161300 considered part of Uptown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39035161300 fall within Uptown (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035161300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 396 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035161300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.45% of renter households, peaking at 8.8% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 39035161300 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.6% 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. 6.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 39035161300 compare to Lakewood overall?

Tract 39035161300 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 39035161300 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.