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Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Mayfield Heights Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 39035172201 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 3,968

With a score of 3/10, tract 39035172201 in Mayfield Heights, OH reads lower for landlord eviction risk. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.3/10.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13% Stable renters 18% Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units1,670
Renter share30.6%
SVI overall0.60
Poverty rate1.9%
Median income$85,781

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 6 tracts In Mayfield Heights
Very Low
Within county
15 th percentile
Rank, 15th percentileLowHigh
#363 of 427 tracts In Cuyahoga County
Very Low
Within state
31 th percentile
Rank, 31st percentileLowHigh
#2,197 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Low
National
20 th percentile
Rank, 20th percentileLowHigh
#67,219 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Mayfield Heights and the region

Centroid at 41.5151, -81.4613 · click any tract to drill in

Why Mayfield Heights scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
1.9% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,179 rent vs county FMR
4.8
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.
Mayfield Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 1722014.3Mayfield Heightsparent city4.6Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 60

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

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.

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)

  • 87Total filings over 12 yrs
  • 1.90%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.2%Peak (2012)
  • 2Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 39035172201
Filings dropped 82% 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Mayfield Heights

27% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running cool, economic stress reads 1/10.

It sits 1.6 points below the Cuyahoga County average of 4.6. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10.

Court records carry 87 eviction filings across 12 observed years. SNAP participation runs 7.1% against 15.2% nationally.

Food insecurity runs 9.9% against 17.8% nationally. The worst year on record was 2012, when 3.2% of renter households were served. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.

In a typical year about 1.9% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.4/10.

Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $85,781, an unusually wide affordability cushion.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 39035172201

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035172201?

Census tract 39035172201 in Mayfield Heights scores 3/10 (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 39035172201?

Median gross rent is $1,179/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39035172201?

1.9% of residents in tract 39035172201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,968.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39035172201?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 44th, household 83th, minority 32th, housing 66th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035172201?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 87 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035172201 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.90% of renter households, peaking at 3.2% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 39035172201 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. 6.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 39035172201 compare to Mayfield Heights overall?

Tract 39035172201 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Mayfield Heights at 4.3/10. 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 39035172201 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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