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

Victorian Village Eviction Risk: Moderate , Lakewood

Tract 39035161600 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 2,059 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

The Victorian Village neighborhood of Lakewood anchors census tract 39035161600, which lands at 5.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 45% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 25% of renter households, a moderate level, and 6% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $882 a month against an average household income of $62,386 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 61% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

5.8

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 45% Owners 39%

Tract context

Occupied units979

Renter share61.0%

SVI overall0.62

Poverty rate13.5%

Median income$62,386

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Lakewood and the region

Centroid at 41.4807, -81.7784 · click any tract to drill in

Why Victorian Village 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

$882 rent vs county FMR

2.3

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 Victorian Village compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 62

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

60%Socioeconomic
59%Household composition
43%Racial/ethnic minority
64%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
11%Grade B
88%Grade C
1%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)

398Total filings over 12 yrs
6.11%Avg annual filing rate
7.8%Peak (2013)
32Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2004 to 2016

Filings climbed 78% over the past 12 months.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Victorian Village. 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.

10.7%Housing insecurity
8.0%Utility-shutoff threat
13.3%Food insecurity
10.7%SNAP enrollment
7.5%Transit barriers
7.9%No health insurance
16.8%Frequent mental distress
27.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Victorian Village

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 below the Cuyahoga County average of 5.8 and in line with the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 62nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

In CDC survey modeling, about 10.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.0% 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 39035161600

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035161600?

Census tract 39035161600 in the Victorian Village 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 39035161600?

Median gross rent is $882/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 25% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 39035161600?

13.5% of residents in tract 39035161600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,059.

How socially vulnerable is tract 39035161600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 59th, minority 43th, housing 64th.

Is tract 39035161600 considered part of Victorian Village?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39035161600 fall within Victorian Village (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035161600?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 398 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035161600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.11% of renter households, peaking at 7.8% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 39035161600 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.7% 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. 8.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 39035161600 compare to Lakewood overall?

Tract 39035161600 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 39035161600 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. 1% 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.