Census Tract · Ranked #49,613 of 84,120 nationally

Westlake Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 39035189105 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 3,793

Tract 39035189105, home to 3,793 residents in Westlake in Cuyahoga County, scores 5.6/10 for landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #33,720 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 43% of renter households, a severe level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,480 a month while the average household earns $105,383 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 15% of occupied homes.

Risk score

4.1

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 7% Stable renters 9% Owners 84%

Tract context

Occupied units1,657

Renter share15.3%

SVI overall0.16

Poverty rate3.6%

Median income$105,383

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Westlake and the region

Centroid at 41.4695, -81.8987 · click any tract to drill in

Why Westlake scores 4.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Westlake

5.4

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.7

State political climate

Ohio legislature & governorship

2.4

Economic stress

3.6% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$1,480 rent vs county FMR

7.3

Rent control risk

Inherited from Westlake

6.4

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

1.9

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Westlake

6.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Westlake

4.8

How Westlake compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 16

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

11%Socioeconomic
50%Household composition
24%Racial/ethnic minority
19%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
1%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)

92Total filings over 12 yrs
3.67%Avg annual filing rate
7.3%Peak (2009)
6Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2004 to 2016

Filings climbed 100% 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.

6.4%Housing insecurity
4.7%Utility-shutoff threat
7.4%Food insecurity
5.2%SNAP enrollment
4.5%Transit barriers
4.9%No health insurance
13.2%Frequent mental distress
25.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Westlake

The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 7.3/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Westlake eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 6.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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 39035189105

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035189105?

Census tract 39035189105 in Westlake scores 4.1/10 (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 39035189105?

Median gross rent is $1,480/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 39035189105?

3.6% of residents in tract 39035189105 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,793.

How socially vulnerable is tract 39035189105?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 16th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 11th, household 50th, minority 24th, housing 19th.

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035189105?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 92 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035189105 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.67% of renter households, peaking at 7.3% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 39035189105 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.4% 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. 4.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 39035189105 compare to Westlake overall?

Tract 39035189105 scores 4.1/10, lower than the parent city of Westlake at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Westlake eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 39035189105 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 Westlake

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