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Census Tract · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally

Parma Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 39035177101 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 4,823

Tract 39035177101 sits in Parma eviction risk, OH, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5/10. 30% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29% Stable renters 31% Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units2,122
Renter share60.1%
SVI overall0.65
Poverty rate18.5%
Median income$49,432

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 22 tracts In Parma
Very High
Within county
57 th percentile
Rank, 57th percentileLowHigh
#186 of 427 tracts In Cuyahoga County
Elevated
Within state
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#933 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Elevated
National
61 th percentile
Rank, 61st percentileLowHigh
#32,842 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Parma and the region

Centroid at 41.4111, -81.7756 · click any tract to drill in

Why Parma scores 5

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
18.5% poverty · this tract
4.6
Supply constraint
$1,039 rent vs county FMR
3.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Parma
4.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Parma
6.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Parma
5.0

How Parma compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Parma risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.0This tracttract 1771014.0Parmaparent city4.6Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 65

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: A: Best

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. 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)

  • 1,135Total filings over 12 yrs
  • 9.70%Avg annual filing rate
  • 12.0%Peak (2010)
  • 112Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 39035177101
Filings climbed 30% 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

The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.2/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.4/10. 49% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Cuyahoga County average of 43.0%.

Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.5/10. The poverty rate is 18%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Court records carry 1,135 eviction filings across 12 observed years. The worst year on record was 2010, when 12.0% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped A ("Best") 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 9.7% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 61st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Social vulnerability reads 6.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Cuyahoga County average of 4.6 closely.

Average gross rent is $1,039, close to the Parma average.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 39035177101

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035177101?

Census tract 39035177101 in Parma scores 5/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 39035177101?

Median gross rent is $1,039/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39035177101?

18.5% of residents in tract 39035177101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,823.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39035177101?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 86th, minority 46th, housing 29th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035177101?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,135 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035177101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.70% of renter households, peaking at 12.0% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 39035177101 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.8% 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. 11.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 39035177101 compare to Parma overall?

Tract 39035177101 scores 5/10, higher than the parent city of Parma at 4/10. 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.
Q8

Was tract 39035177101 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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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