Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #56,660 of 84,120 nationally
Berlin Heights Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 39043040300 · Erie County, OH · pop 5,816 · 7% of tract blocks fall in Berlin Heights
In Berlin Heights, census tract 39043040300 scores 4.5/10 for eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #65,207 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 25% of renter households, a moderate level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $883 a month while the average household earns $87,000 a year, roughly 12% of income at the averages. About 15% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units2,524
Renter share15.2%
SVI overall0.25
Poverty rate10.9%
Median income$87,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
41
th percentile
Moderate
National
33
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Berlin Heights and the region
Centroid at 41.3266, -82.4474 · click any tract to drill in
Why Berlin Heights scores 3.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Berlin Heights
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
10.9% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$883 rent vs county FMR
3.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Berlin Heights
2.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Berlin Heights
6.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Berlin Heights
4.5
How Berlin Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 25
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 28%Socioeconomic
- 29%Household composition
- 21%Racial/ethnic minority
- 36%Housing & transportation
Eviction filings
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.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 30Total filings over 7 yrs
- 1.24%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.1%Peak (2016)
- 3Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 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.
- 8.6%Housing insecurity
- 6.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.2%Food insecurity
- 7.8%SNAP enrollment
- 5.9%Transit barriers
- 6.6%No health insurance
- 16.4%Frequent mental distress
- 28.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Berlin Heights
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at $1/10. 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 Berlin Heights, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Erie County average of 5.2 and below the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 30 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 1.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 2.1% of renter households in 2016.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 39043040300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39043040300?
Census tract 39043040300 in Berlin Heights scores 3.1/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 39043040300?
Median gross rent is $883/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 25% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39043040300?
10.9% of residents in tract 39043040300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,816.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39043040300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 25th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 29th, minority 21th, housing 36th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39043040300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 30 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 39043040300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.24% of renter households, peaking at 2.1% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 39043040300 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.6% 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. 6.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 39043040300 compare to Berlin Heights overall?
Tract 39043040300 scores 3.1/10, higher than the parent city of Berlin Heights at 2.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Berlin Heights; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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