Neighborhood · Ranked #52,322 of 84,120 nationally

West End Eviction Risk: Lower , Lakewood

Tract 39035181203 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 2,843 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

How risky is West End in Lakewood for landlords? Census tract 39035181203 scores 5.4/10, the Moderate tier. On the national scale it ranks #40,057 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 46% of renter households, a severe level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,073 a month while the average household earns $97,760 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. About 17% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

3.9

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 8% Stable renters 9% Owners 83%

Tract context

Occupied units1,337

Renter share17.1%

SVI overall0.04

Poverty rate4.4%

Median income$97,760

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Lakewood and the region

Centroid at 41.4755, -81.8371 · click any tract to drill in

Why West End scores 3.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Lakewood

7.0

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.7

State political climate

Ohio legislature & governorship

2.4

Economic stress

4.4% poverty · this tract

1.1

Supply constraint

$1,073 rent vs county FMR

3.9

Rent control risk

Inherited from Lakewood

3.9

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.4

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Lakewood

6.3

Housing court bias

Inherited from Lakewood

3.5

How West End compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 4

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

4%Socioeconomic
20%Household composition
1%Racial/ethnic minority
14%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.

31%Grade A
44%Grade B
12%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)

74Total filings over 11 yrs
2.29%Avg annual filing rate
4.4%Peak (2009)
2Filings in 2015 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2004 to 2016

Filings dropped 100% over the past 12 months.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within West End. 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.

5.7%Housing insecurity
4.3%Utility-shutoff threat
6.1%Food insecurity
4.3%SNAP enrollment
4.0%Transit barriers
4.3%No health insurance
13.0%Frequent mental distress
21.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in West End

What moves this score most 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 Lakewood eviction risk, 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 above the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 4th 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.

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.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 39035181203

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035181203?

Census tract 39035181203 in the West End neighborhood scores 3.9/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 39035181203?

Median gross rent is $1,073/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 39035181203?

4.4% of residents in tract 39035181203 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,843.

How socially vulnerable is tract 39035181203?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 4th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 20th, minority 1th, housing 14th.

Is tract 39035181203 considered part of West End?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39035181203 fall within West End (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035181203?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 74 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 39035181203 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.29% of renter households, peaking at 4.4% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 39035181203 struggle to pay rent?

About 5.7% 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. 4.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 39035181203 compare to Lakewood overall?

Tract 39035181203 scores 3.9/10, lower than the parent city of Lakewood at 5.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lakewood eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 39035181203 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 Lakewood

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