Census Tract · Ranked #19,399 of 84,120 nationally

Warrensville Heights Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 39035188106 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 2,533

Census tract 39035188106 belongs to Warrensville Heights in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. It is home to 2,533 residents and scores 6.4/10, an elevated reading for landlords. That is riskier than about 84% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 39% of renter households, a high level, and 30% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,016 a month while the average household earns $52,750 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. About 57% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

6.5

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 22% Stable renters 35% Owners 43%

Tract context

Occupied units1,091

Renter share56.6%

SVI overall0.80

Poverty rate30.3%

Median income$52,750

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Warrensville Heights and the region

Centroid at 41.4313, -81.5122 · click any tract to drill in

Why Warrensville Heights scores 6.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Warrensville Heights

7.0

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.7

State political climate

Ohio legislature & governorship

2.4

Economic stress

30.3% poverty · this tract

7.6

Supply constraint

$1,016 rent vs county FMR

3.4

Rent control risk

Inherited from Warrensville Heights

5.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Warrensville Heights

9.6

Housing court bias

Inherited from Warrensville Heights

6.6

How Warrensville Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 80

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

65%Socioeconomic
86%Household composition
96%Racial/ethnic minority
68%Housing & transportation

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)

3,391Total filings over 12 yrs
51.49%Avg annual filing rate
70.7%Peak (2007)
179Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2004 to 2016

Filings dropped 23% 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.

23.1%Housing insecurity
18.5%Utility-shutoff threat
29.1%Food insecurity
27.5%SNAP enrollment
14.6%Transit barriers
9.0%No health insurance
17.8%Frequent mental distress
35.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Warrensville Heights

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.6/10. 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 Warrensville Heights, 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.

The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 80th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

In CDC survey modeling, about 23.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 18.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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 39035188106

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035188106?

Census tract 39035188106 in Warrensville Heights scores 6.5/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 39035188106?

Median gross rent is $1,016/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 39035188106?

30.3% of residents in tract 39035188106 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,533.

How socially vulnerable is tract 39035188106?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 65th, household 86th, minority 96th, housing 68th.

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035188106?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 3,391 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035188106 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 51.49% of renter households, peaking at 70.7% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 39035188106 struggle to pay rent?

About 23.1% 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. 18.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 39035188106 compare to Warrensville Heights overall?

Tract 39035188106 scores 6.5/10, higher than the parent city of Warrensville Heights at 6.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Warrensville Heights; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Warrensville Heights

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