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Neighborhood · Ranked #24,519 of 84,120 nationally

Fairmount Circle Eviction Risk: Elevated , University Heights

Tract 39035187105 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 3,086 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

How risky is Fairmount Circle in University Heights for landlords? Census tract 39035187105 scores 6.5/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than roughly 86% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 62% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 29% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,086 a month while the average household earns $94,688 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. About 36% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23% Stable renters 14% Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units929
Renter share36.4%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate22.0%
Median income$94,688

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileBottomTop
#1 of 3 tracts In Fairmount Circle
Very High
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileBottomTop
#1 of 4 tracts In University Heights
Very High
Within county
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileBottomTop
#65 of 427 tracts In Cuyahoga County
High
Within state
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileBottomTop
#138 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across University Heights and the region

Centroid at 41.4948, -81.5320 · click any tract to drill in

Why Fairmount Circle scores 6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from University Heights
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.7
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
22.0% poverty · this tract
5.5
Supply constraint
$1,086 rent vs county FMR
4.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from University Heights
6.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from University Heights
7.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from University Heights
6.3

How Fairmount Circle compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Fairmount Circle risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.06.0This tracttract 187105University Heights: 5.25.2University Heightsparent cityCounty: 5.35.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.54.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 48

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 · 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)

  • 151Total filings over 12 yrs
  • 4.53%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.0%Peak (2012)
  • 6Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 390351871052004: 13 filings (3.65/100 renter HHs)2005: 12 filings (5.63/100 renter HHs)2006: 11 filings (5.16/100 renter HHs)2007: 12 filings (5.63/100 renter HHs)2008: 11 filings (5.16/100 renter HHs)2009: 12 filings (5.63/100 renter HHs)2010: 13 filings (3.75/100 renter HHs)2011: 16 filings (4.73/100 renter HHs)2012: 17 filings (5.03/100 renter HHs)2013: 13 filings (3.85/100 renter HHs)2015: 15 filings (4.44/100 renter HHs)2016: 6 filings (1.67/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 54% over the past 12 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Fairmount 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 Fairmount Circle

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 7.2/10. 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 University 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 White and ranks around the 48th 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.

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

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 39035187105

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035187105?

Census tract 39035187105 in the Fairmount Circle neighborhood scores 6/10 (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 39035187105?

Median gross rent is $1,086/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.

Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39035187105?

22.0% of residents in tract 39035187105 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,086.

Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39035187105?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 14th, minority 29th, housing 65th.

Q5

Is tract 39035187105 considered part of Fairmount Circle?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39035187105 fall within Fairmount Circle (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).

Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035187105?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 151 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035187105 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.53% of renter households, peaking at 5.0% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Q7

What share of households in tract 39035187105 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.2% 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. 6.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

Q8

How does tract 39035187105 compare to University Heights overall?

Tract 39035187105 scores 6/10, higher than the parent city of University Heights at 5.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from University Heights; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Q9

Was tract 39035187105 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 University Heights

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

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