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

Rocky River Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 39035181201 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 6,368

Census tract 39035181201 belongs to Rocky River, Ohio. It is home to 6,368 residents and scores 4.9/10, a moderate reading for landlords. It lands near the 35th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 31% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 11% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $843 monthly, set against $95,406 in average yearly household income, roughly 11% of income at the averages. Renters make up 23% of occupied homes.

Risk score

4.4

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 7% Stable renters 16% Owners 77%

Tract context

Occupied units2,771

Renter share22.8%

SVI overall0.60

Poverty rate6.7%

Median income$95,406

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Rocky River and the region

Centroid at 41.4618, -81.8644 · click any tract to drill in

Why Rocky River scores 4.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Rocky River

7.0

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.7

State political climate

Ohio legislature & governorship

2.4

Economic stress

6.7% poverty · this tract

1.7

Supply constraint

$843 rent vs county FMR

2.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Rocky River

3.9

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.4

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Rocky River

6.3

Housing court bias

Inherited from Rocky River

3.5

How Rocky River compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 60

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

12%Socioeconomic
95%Household composition
20%Racial/ethnic minority
93%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
6%Grade B
0%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)

194Total filings over 12 yrs
2.28%Avg annual filing rate
2.9%Peak (2011)
20Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2004 to 2016

Filings stayed roughly flat 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.

6.2%Housing insecurity
4.6%Utility-shutoff threat
7.5%Food insecurity
5.4%SNAP enrollment
4.5%Transit barriers
5.1%No health insurance
12.8%Frequent mental distress
26.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Rocky River

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 6.3/10. 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 Rocky River, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Cuyahoga County average of 5.8 and in line with the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 60th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 39035181201

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035181201?

Census tract 39035181201 in Rocky River 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 39035181201?

Median gross rent is $843/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 39035181201?

6.7% of residents in tract 39035181201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,368.

How socially vulnerable is tract 39035181201?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 12th, household 95th, minority 20th, housing 93th.

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035181201?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 194 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035181201 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.28% of renter households, peaking at 2.9% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 39035181201 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.2% 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. 4.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 39035181201 compare to Rocky River overall?

Tract 39035181201 scores 4.4/10, right in line with the parent city of Rocky River at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Rocky River; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 39035181201 historically redlined?

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

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