Neighborhood · Ranked #56,265 of 84,120 nationally

East Mentor Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 39085203500 · Lake County, OH · pop 6,517 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

Eviction risk in the East Mentor neighborhood of Mentor centers on tract 39085203500, which scores 3.6/10 (Lower tier) and is home to 6,517 residents. That is riskier than about 6% of US census tracts.

About 0% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $97,706 a year. About 2% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

3.6

Lower

Confidence 85% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 0% Stable renters 2% Owners 98%

Tract context

Occupied units2,721

Renter share1.7%

SVI overall0.15

Poverty rate4.7%

Median income$97,706

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Mentor and the region

Centroid at 41.6687, -81.3070 · click any tract to drill in

Why East Mentor scores 3.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Mentor

4.9

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

4.3

State political climate

Ohio legislature & governorship

2.4

Economic stress

4.7% poverty · this tract

1.2

Supply constraint

tract rent vs county FMR

5.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Mentor

4.8

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

1.9

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Mentor

3.8

Housing court bias

Inherited from Mentor

4.0

How East Mentor compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 15

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

1%Socioeconomic
74%Household composition
15%Racial/ethnic minority
30%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)

86Total filings over 14 yrs
14.83%Avg annual filing rate
42.1%Peak (2011)
2Filings in 2017 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2002 to 2017

Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 14 months.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within East Mentor. 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.

6.1%Housing insecurity
4.3%Utility-shutoff threat
6.9%Food insecurity
5.0%SNAP enrollment
4.3%Transit barriers
4.9%No health insurance
13.7%Frequent mental distress
24.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in East Mentor

What moves this score most is supply constraint at $1/10. 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 Mentor eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Lake County average of 4.8 and below the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 15th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 86 eviction filings here over 14 tracked years, with about 14.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 42.1% of renter households in 2011.

For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.

Frequently asked

About tract 39085203500

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39085203500?

Census tract 39085203500 in the East Mentor neighborhood scores 3.6/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the poverty rate in tract 39085203500?

4.7% of residents in tract 39085203500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,517.

How socially vulnerable is tract 39085203500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 15th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 1th, household 74th, minority 15th, housing 30th.

Is tract 39085203500 considered part of East Mentor?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39085203500 fall within East Mentor (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39085203500?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 86 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 39085203500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.83% of renter households, peaking at 42.1% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 39085203500 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.1% 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. 4.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 39085203500 compare to Mentor overall?

Tract 39085203500 scores 3.6/10, lower than the parent city of Mentor at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Mentor eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Mentor

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