Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #68,306 of 84,120 nationally
Mentor Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 39085203000 · Lake County, OH · pop 6,028
Census tract 39085203000 covers Mentor, home to 6,028 residents. For landlords it grades $1/10, a moderate reading. That is riskier than about 12% of US census tracts.
About 14% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,049 a month while the average household earns $93,298 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. About 9% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units2,532
Renter share9.0%
SVI overall0.11
Poverty rate9.2%
Median income$93,298
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
45
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
24
th percentile
Low
National
19
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mentor and the region
Centroid at 41.6742, -81.3731 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mentor scores 2.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
9.2% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,049 rent vs county FMR
3.7
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 Mentor compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 11
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 20%Socioeconomic
- 28%Household composition
- 4%Racial/ethnic minority
- 12%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)
- 133Total filings over 14 yrs
- 5.02%Avg annual filing rate
- 18.4%Peak (2011)
- 5Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 38% over the past 14 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.
- 7.9%Housing insecurity
- 5.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.3%Food insecurity
- 7.3%SNAP enrollment
- 5.5%Transit barriers
- 5.8%No health insurance
- 16.0%Frequent mental distress
- 27.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mentor
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 4.8/10. 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 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 133 eviction filings here over 14 tracked years, with about 5.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 18.4% of renter households in 2011.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 39085203000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39085203000?
Census tract 39085203000 in Mentor scores 2.4/10 (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 39085203000?
Median gross rent is $1,049/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 14% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39085203000?
9.2% of residents in tract 39085203000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,028.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39085203000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 11th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 28th, minority 4th, housing 12th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39085203000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 133 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 39085203000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.02% of renter households, peaking at 18.4% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 39085203000 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.9% 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. 5.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 39085203000 compare to Mentor overall?
Tract 39085203000 scores 2.4/10, right in line with the parent city of Mentor at 2.3/10. 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.
Tract · OH
East Mentor
3
/ 10 · Low
Tract · OH
Newell Creek
2.7
/ 10 · Low
Tract · OH
Will-O-Bee-on-the-Lake
2.4
/ 10 · Low
Tract · OH
39085202600
2.3
/ 10 · Low
Tract · OH
West Mentor
2.1
/ 10 · Low
Tract · OH
Lone Star
2.1
/ 10 · Low
Tract · OH
Salida
1.9
/ 10 · Very Low
Tract · OH
East Mentor
1.9
/ 10 · Very Low
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