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Census Tract · Ranked #59,654 of 84,120 nationally

Parma Heights Eviction Risk: Lower

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

Tract 39035178205 sits in Parma eviction risk Heights, OH, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.4/10. Population here is 1,898. Cost burden runs 29% here against 43.0% across Cuyahoga County.

Risk score
3.4
Lower
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.
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 6 tracts In Parma Heights
Very Low
Within county
34 th percentile
Rank, 34th percentileLowHigh
#284 of 427 tracts In Cuyahoga County
Low
Within state
40 th percentile
Rank, 40th percentileLowHigh
#1,905 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Low
National
29 th percentile
Rank, 29th percentileLowHigh
#59,654 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
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 3.4

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.
Parma Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.4This tracttract 1782054.3Parma Heightsparent city4.6Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 36

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)

  • 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
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 39035178205
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Parma Heights

The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.5/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.4/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10.

It sits 1.2 points below the Cuyahoga County average of 4.6. At $1,295 a month, rents run 17% over what the rest of Parma Heights commands.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 57 filings here across 12 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2004 at 7.5% of renter households.

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 4.7% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #59,654 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Only 9% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.2/10. Statewide the OH average is 4.2, so this tract runs 0.8 points cooler.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 39035178205

Q1

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

Census tract 39035178205 in Parma Heights scores 3.4/10 (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 39035178205?

Median gross rent is $1,295/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

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.
Q4

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.
Q5

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.
Q6

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.
Q7

How does tract 39035178205 compare to Parma Heights overall?

Tract 39035178205 scores 3.4/10, lower than the parent city of Parma Heights at 4.3/10. 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.
Q8

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.

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