Census Tract · Ranked #45,599 of 84,120 nationally

Parma Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 39035178205 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 1,898

Here is how census tract 39035178205, in Parma eviction risk Heights, looks to a landlord: a 5.6/10 eviction-risk score (Moderate tier) across a population of 1,898. That is riskier than about 60% of US census tracts.

About 29% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 3% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,295 a month while the average household earns $79,167 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. About 9% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

4.4

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 2% Stable renters 6% Owners 92%

Tract context

Occupied units690

Renter share8.6%

SVI overall0.36

Poverty rate6.1%

Median income$79,167

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Parma Heights and the region

Centroid at 41.3826, -81.7685 · click any tract to drill in

Why Parma Heights scores 4.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Parma Heights

7.0

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.7

State political climate

Ohio legislature & governorship

2.4

Economic stress

6.1% poverty · this tract

1.5

Supply constraint

$1,295 rent vs county FMR

5.7

Rent control risk

Inherited from Parma Heights

7.8

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Parma Heights

8.4

Housing court bias

Inherited from Parma Heights

7.4

How Parma Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 36

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

24%Socioeconomic
51%Household composition
27%Racial/ethnic minority
55%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
49%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 · Princeton Eviction Lab

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.

Historic baseline (2000-2018)

57Total filings over 12 yrs
4.67%Avg annual filing rate
7.5%Peak (2004)
5Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2004 to 2016

Filings dropped 29% 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.

9.8%Housing insecurity
6.9%Utility-shutoff threat
12.1%Food insecurity
9.1%SNAP enrollment
6.6%Transit barriers
7.7%No health insurance
16.3%Frequent mental distress
29.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Parma Heights

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 8.4/10. 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 Parma eviction risk 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.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 57 eviction filings here over 12 tracked years, with about 4.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 7.5% of renter households in 2004.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 36th 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.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 39035178205

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035178205?

Census tract 39035178205 in Parma Heights scores 4.4/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 39035178205?

Median gross rent is $1,295/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 39035178205?

6.1% of residents in tract 39035178205 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,898.

How socially vulnerable is tract 39035178205?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 36th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 24th, household 51th, minority 27th, housing 55th.

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035178205?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 57 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035178205 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.67% of renter households, peaking at 7.5% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 39035178205 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.8% 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. 6.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 39035178205 compare to Parma Heights overall?

Tract 39035178205 scores 4.4/10, lower than the parent city of Parma Heights at 5.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Parma eviction risk Heights; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 39035178205 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 Parma Heights

Top eight tracts in Parma Heights ranked by composite eviction-risk score.