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Neighborhood · Ranked #16,650 of 84,120 nationally

Lee-Seville Eviction Risk: Elevated , Maple Heights

Tract 39035197000 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 3,139 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

With a score of 6.5/10, tract 39035197000 in the Lee-Seville neighborhood of Maple Heights ranks in the Elevated tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 3,139 residents. That is riskier than roughly 86% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 54% of renter households, a severe level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,000 a month while the average household earns $43,986 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. Renters make up 70% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
6.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 37% Stable renters 32% Owners 31%
Tract context
Occupied units1,618
Renter share69.7%
SVI overall0.81
Poverty rate23.5%
Median income$43,986

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileBottomTop
#1 of 2 tracts In Lee-Seville
Very High
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileBottomTop
#1 of 4 tracts In Maple Heights
Very High
Within county
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileBottomTop
#5 of 427 tracts In Cuyahoga County
Very High
Within state
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileBottomTop
#6 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Maple Heights and the region

Centroid at 41.4331, -81.5383 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lee-Seville scores 6.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Maple Heights
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.7
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
23.5% poverty · this tract
5.9
Supply constraint
$1,000 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Maple Heights
5.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Maple Heights
9.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Maple Heights
6.6

How Lee-Seville compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Lee-Seville risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.86.8This tracttract 197000Maple Heights: 5.75.7Maple Heightsparent cityCounty: 5.35.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.54.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 81

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Lee-Seville. 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 Lee-Seville

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 Maple 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.

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

The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 81st 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.

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 39035197000

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035197000?

Census tract 39035197000 in the Lee-Seville neighborhood scores 6.8/10 (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 39035197000?

Median gross rent is $1,000/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.

Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39035197000?

23.5% of residents in tract 39035197000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,139.

Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39035197000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 81th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 59th, minority 92th, housing 63th.

Q5

Is tract 39035197000 considered part of Lee-Seville?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39035197000 fall within Lee-Seville (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).

Q6

What share of households in tract 39035197000 struggle to pay rent?

About 23.6% 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. 19.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

Q7

How does tract 39035197000 compare to Maple Heights overall?

Tract 39035197000 scores 6.8/10, higher than the parent city of Maple Heights at 5.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Maple Heights; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Q8

Was tract 39035197000 historically redlined?

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

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

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