Within parent city
20
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Mayfield Heights Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 39035172102 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 3,638
How risky is Mayfield Heights in Cuyahoga County for landlords? Census tract 39035172102 scores 5.1/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 42% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 24% of renter households, a moderate level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,228 a month while the average household earns $79,636 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 33% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units1,672
Renter share32.7%
SVI overall0.20
Poverty rate6.7%
Median income$79,636
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
24
th percentile
Low
Within state
26
th percentile
Low
National
21
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mayfield Heights and the region
Centroid at 41.5257, -81.4531 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mayfield Heights scores 2.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Mayfield Heights
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.7
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
6.7% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,228 rent vs county FMR
5.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Mayfield Heights
4.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Mayfield Heights
9.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Mayfield Heights
4.6
How Mayfield Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 20
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 23%Socioeconomic
- 37%Household composition
- 31%Racial/ethnic minority
- 21%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
- 55%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)
- 421Total filings over 12 yrs
- 7.72%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.0%Peak (2013)
- 43Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 34% 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.
- 9.7%Housing insecurity
- 6.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.4%Food insecurity
- 8.5%SNAP enrollment
- 6.4%Transit barriers
- 6.9%No health insurance
- 16.1%Frequent mental distress
- 26.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mayfield Heights
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.3/10. 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 Mayfield Heights, 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 20th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 39035172102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035172102?
Census tract 39035172102 in Mayfield Heights scores 2.5/10 (Lower 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 39035172102?
Median gross rent is $1,228/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 24% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39035172102?
6.7% of residents in tract 39035172102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,638.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39035172102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 20th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 23th, household 37th, minority 31th, housing 21th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035172102?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 421 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035172102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.72% of renter households, peaking at 12.0% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 39035172102 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.7% 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. 6.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 39035172102 compare to Mayfield Heights overall?
Tract 39035172102 scores 2.5/10, right in line with the parent city of Mayfield Heights at 2.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Mayfield Heights; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 39035172102 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 Mayfield Heights
Top eight tracts in Mayfield Heights ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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