Within parent city
75
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #68,306 of 84,120 nationally
Middleburg Heights Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 39035173106 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 3,946
Census tract 39035173106 belongs to Middleburg Heights in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. It is home to 3,946 residents and scores 4.5/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 22% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
27% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 9% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,086 a month while the average household earns $79,808 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 63% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
2.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 47%
Owners 36%
Tract context
Occupied units1,814
Renter share63.4%
SVI overall0.28
Poverty rate4.8%
Median income$79,808
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
22
th percentile
Low
Within state
24
th percentile
Low
National
19
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Middleburg Heights and the region
Centroid at 41.3581, -81.8071 · click any tract to drill in
Why Middleburg Heights scores 2.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Middleburg Heights
4.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.7
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
4.8% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,086 rent vs county FMR
4.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Middleburg Heights
2.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Middleburg Heights
6.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Middleburg Heights
2.7
How Middleburg Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 28
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 16%Socioeconomic
- 17%Household composition
- 62%Racial/ethnic minority
- 57%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
- 12%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)
- 856Total filings over 12 yrs
- 7.31%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.4%Peak (2007)
- 28Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 44% 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.
- 8.3%Housing insecurity
- 5.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.5%Food insecurity
- 6.6%SNAP enrollment
- 5.7%Transit barriers
- 6.5%No health insurance
- 14.1%Frequent mental distress
- 22.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Middleburg Heights
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 6.2/10. 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 Middleburg 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 below 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 856 eviction filings here over 12 tracked years, with about 7.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 12.4% of renter households in 2007.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 39035173106
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035173106?
Census tract 39035173106 in Middleburg Heights scores 2.4/10 (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 39035173106?
Median gross rent is $1,086/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39035173106?
4.8% of residents in tract 39035173106 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,946.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39035173106?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 17th, minority 62th, housing 57th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035173106?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 856 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035173106 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.31% of renter households, peaking at 12.4% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 39035173106 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.3% 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. 5.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 39035173106 compare to Middleburg Heights overall?
Tract 39035173106 scores 2.4/10, right in line with the parent city of Middleburg Heights at 2.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Middleburg Heights; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 39035173106 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 Middleburg Heights
Top eight tracts in Middleburg Heights ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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