Within parent city
75
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Middleburg Heights Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 39035173107 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 2,716
Tract 39035173107 sits in Middleburg Heights, OH, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. It is home to 2,716 residents. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units1,173
Renter share21.0%
SVI overall0.33
Poverty rate3.5%
Median income$79,904
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
9
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
31
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Middleburg Heights and the region
Centroid at 41.3613, -81.8284 · click any tract to drill in
Why Middleburg Heights scores 3
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
3.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$909 rent vs county FMR
2.5
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: 33
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 26%Socioeconomic
- 47%Household composition
- 19%Racial/ethnic minority
- 50%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
- 15%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)
- 42Total filings over 12 yrs
- 1.47%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.9%Peak (2007)
- 2Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 33% 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.
- 7.9%Housing insecurity
- 5.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.5%Food insecurity
- 6.9%SNAP enrollment
- 5.4%Transit barriers
- 6.9%No health insurance
- 14.9%Frequent mental distress
- 29.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Middleburg Heights
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. It sits 1.6 points below the Cuyahoga County average of 4.6. 51% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Cuyahoga County average of 43.0%.
On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.3/10. The severe-burden share is 10%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
At $909 a month, rents run 16% under what the rest of Middleburg Heights commands. The filing record is not thin: 42 evictions over 12 years of observation.
Food insecurity runs 9.5% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 6.9% against 15.2% nationally.
Filings peaked in 2007 at 1.9% of renter households. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Cleveland. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
In a typical year about 1.5% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
At 21% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 39035173107
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035173107?
Census tract 39035173107 in Middleburg 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 39035173107?
Median gross rent is $909/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39035173107?
3.5% of residents in tract 39035173107 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,716.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39035173107?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 33th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 26th, household 47th, minority 19th, housing 50th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035173107?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 42 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035173107 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.47% of renter households, peaking at 1.9% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 39035173107 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.9% 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 39035173107 compare to Middleburg Heights overall?
Tract 39035173107 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Middleburg Heights at 3.4/10. 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 39035173107 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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