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Census Tract · Ranked #72,539 of 84,120 nationally

Mayfield Heights Eviction Risk: Lower

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

Tract 39035172201, home to 3,968 residents in Mayfield Heights in Cuyahoga County, scores 5.5/10 for landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 56th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 41% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,179 a month against an average household income of $85,781 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. About 31% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
2.1
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
14 th percentile
Rank, 14th percentileLowHigh
#368 of 427 tracts In Cuyahoga County
Very Low
Within state
17 th percentile
Rank, 17th percentileLowHigh
#2,642 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Very Low
National
14 th percentile
Rank, 14th percentileLowHigh
#72,539 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very 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 2.1

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 / stateThis tract: 2.12.1This tracttract 172201Mayfield Heights: 2.72.7Mayfield Heightsparent cityCounty: 4.04.0Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg 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 390351722012004: 11 filings (3.44/100 renter HHs)2005: 7 filings (1.82/100 renter HHs)2006: 7 filings (1.82/100 renter HHs)2007: 6 filings (1.56/100 renter HHs)2008: 5 filings (1.30/100 renter HHs)2009: 6 filings (1.56/100 renter HHs)2010: 7 filings (1.98/100 renter HHs)2011: 7 filings (1.69/100 renter HHs)2012: 13 filings (3.15/100 renter HHs)2013: 6 filings (1.45/100 renter HHs)2015: 10 filings (2.42/100 renter HHs)2016: 2 filings (0.65/100 renter HHs)
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

The heaviest input here is 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 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 C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

In CDC survey modeling, about 8.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.1% 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 39035172201

Q1

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

Census tract 39035172201 in Mayfield Heights scores 2.1/10 (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 2.1/10, lower than 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 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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