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Parma Circle Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 39035178204 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 5,196 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

With a score of 6.7/10, tract 39035178204 in the Parma Circle area of Parma ranks in the Elevated tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 5,196 residents. That is riskier than about 90% of US census tracts.

About 56% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $956 monthly, set against $46,013 in average yearly household income, roughly 25% of income at the averages. About 70% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
6.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 39% Stable renters 31% Owners 30%
Tract context
Occupied units2,317
Renter share69.5%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate27.5%
Median income$46,013

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileBottomTop
#1 of 7 tracts In Parma Circle
Very High
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileBottomTop
#1 of 6 tracts In Parma
Very High
Within county
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileBottomTop
#9 of 427 tracts In Cuyahoga County
Very High
Within state
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileBottomTop
#10 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Parma and the region

Centroid at 41.3778, -81.7534 · click any tract to drill in

Why Parma Circle scores 6.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Parma
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.7
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
27.5% poverty · this tract
6.9
Supply constraint
$956 rent vs county FMR
2.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Parma
7.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Parma
8.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Parma
7.4

How Parma Circle compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Parma Circle risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.76.7This tracttract 178204Parma: 5.55.5Parmaparent cityCounty: 5.35.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.54.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 86

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 · 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)

  • 1,642Total filings over 12 yrs
  • 8.79%Avg annual filing rate
  • 10.2%Peak (2012)
  • 133Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 390351782042004: 113 filings (6.53/100 renter HHs)2005: 141 filings (9.38/100 renter HHs)2006: 137 filings (9.11/100 renter HHs)2007: 121 filings (8.05/100 renter HHs)2008: 133 filings (8.85/100 renter HHs)2009: 147 filings (9.78/100 renter HHs)2010: 111 filings (6.98/100 renter HHs)2011: 158 filings (9.71/100 renter HHs)2012: 166 filings (10.20/100 renter HHs)2013: 156 filings (9.58/100 renter HHs)2015: 126 filings (7.74/100 renter HHs)2016: 133 filings (9.53/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 18% over the past 12 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Parma Circle. 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 Circle

What moves this score most 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, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Cuyahoga County average of 5.8 and above the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier 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 1,642 eviction filings here over 12 tracked years, with about 8.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 10.2% of renter households in 2012.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 39035178204

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035178204?

Census tract 39035178204 in the Parma Circle neighborhood scores 6.7/10 (Elevated 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 39035178204?

Median gross rent is $956/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.

Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39035178204?

27.5% of residents in tract 39035178204 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,196.

Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39035178204?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 58th, minority 64th, housing 89th.

Q5

Is tract 39035178204 considered part of Parma Circle?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39035178204 fall within Parma Circle (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).

Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035178204?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,642 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035178204 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.79% of renter households, peaking at 10.2% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Q7

What share of households in tract 39035178204 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.5% 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. 11.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

Q8

How does tract 39035178204 compare to Parma overall?

Tract 39035178204 scores 6.7/10, higher than the parent city of Parma at 5.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Parma eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Q9

Was tract 39035178204 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

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

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