Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #24,926 of 84,120 nationally
Maple Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 39035171205 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 2,628
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 39035171205 (Maple Heights in Cuyahoga County, Ohio) comes in at $1/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than about 74% of US census tracts.
About 37% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $779 a month against an average household income of $50,949 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 33% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units1,167
Renter share32.7%
SVI overall0.67
Poverty rate23.3%
Median income$50,949
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
63
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
79
th percentile
High
National
70
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Maple Heights and the region
Centroid at 41.3988, -81.5698 · click any tract to drill in
Why Maple Heights scores 5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Maple Heights
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.7
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
23.3% poverty · this tract
5.8
Supply constraint
$779 rent vs county FMR
1.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Maple Heights
5.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Maple Heights
7.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Maple Heights
7.3
How Maple Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 67
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 58%Socioeconomic
- 96%Household composition
- 81%Racial/ethnic minority
- 23%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
- 0%Grade B
- 61%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
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.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 430Total filings over 12 yrs
- 10.16%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.9%Peak (2012)
- 26Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 19% over the past 12 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 20.8%Housing insecurity
- 16.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 26.2%Food insecurity
- 24.2%SNAP enrollment
- 12.7%Transit barriers
- 9.3%No health insurance
- 17.3%Frequent mental distress
- 34.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Maple Heights
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 7.6/10. 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 Maple Heights, 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 20.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 16.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 430 eviction filings here over 12 tracked years, with about 10.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 11.9% of renter households in 2012.
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 39035171205
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035171205?
Census tract 39035171205 in Maple Heights scores 5/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 39035171205?
Median gross rent is $779/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39035171205?
23.3% of residents in tract 39035171205 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,628.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39035171205?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 58th, household 96th, minority 81th, housing 23th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035171205?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 430 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035171205 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.16% of renter households, peaking at 11.9% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 39035171205 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.8% 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. 16.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 39035171205 compare to Maple Heights overall?
Tract 39035171205 scores 5/10, higher than the parent city of Maple Heights at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Maple Heights; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 39035171205 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 Maple Heights
Top eight tracts in Maple Heights ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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