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Fruitland Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Painesville

Tract 39085204400 · Lake County, OH · pop 3,282 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

Tract 39085204400, home to 3,282 residents in Fruitland Park in Painesville, scores 6.2/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 80% of US census tracts.

69% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 57% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $925 monthly, set against $43,929 in average yearly household income, roughly 25% of income at the averages. About 50% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 34% Stable renters 16% Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units1,398
Renter share50.2%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate28.0%
Median income$43,929

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileBottomTop
#1 of 6 tracts In Fruitland Park
Very High
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileBottomTop
#1 of 5 tracts In Painesville
Very High
Within county
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileBottomTop
#5 of 59 tracts In Lake County
Very High
Within state
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileBottomTop
#878 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Painesville and the region

Centroid at 41.7234, -81.2356 · click any tract to drill in

Why Fruitland Park scores 5.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Painesville
4.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
28.0% poverty · this tract
7.0
Supply constraint
$925 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Painesville
7.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Painesville
9.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Painesville
7.7

How Fruitland Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Fruitland Park risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.15.1This tracttract 204400Painesville: 4.74.7Painesvilleparent cityCounty: 4.24.2Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.54.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 86

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

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)

  • 616Total filings over 14 yrs
  • 6.78%Avg annual filing rate
  • 12.1%Peak (2008)
  • 44Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 390852044002002: 32 filings (5.16/100 renter HHs)2003: 37 filings (5.96/100 renter HHs)2004: 26 filings (4.19/100 renter HHs)2005: 40 filings (6.05/100 renter HHs)2008: 80 filings (12.09/100 renter HHs)2009: 52 filings (7.86/100 renter HHs)2010: 50 filings (8.83/100 renter HHs)2011: 53 filings (8.05/100 renter HHs)2012: 40 filings (6.08/100 renter HHs)2013: 40 filings (6.08/100 renter HHs)2014: 44 filings (6.69/100 renter HHs)2015: 43 filings (6.53/100 renter HHs)2016: 35 filings (5.00/100 renter HHs)2017: 44 filings (6.29/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 38% over the past 14 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Fruitland Park. 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 Fruitland Park

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.2/10. 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 Painesville, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

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

In CDC survey modeling, about 17.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 12.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 86th 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 39085204400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39085204400?

Census tract 39085204400 in the Fruitland Park neighborhood scores 5.1/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

Q2

What is the average rent in tract 39085204400?

Median gross rent is $925/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 69% of renter households are cost-burdened.

Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39085204400?

28.0% of residents in tract 39085204400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,282.

Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39085204400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 91th, minority 46th, housing 68th.

Q5

Is tract 39085204400 considered part of Fruitland Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39085204400 fall within Fruitland Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).

Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39085204400?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 616 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 39085204400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.78% of renter households, peaking at 12.1% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Q7

What share of households in tract 39085204400 struggle to pay rent?

About 17.8% 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. 12.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

Q8

How does tract 39085204400 compare to Painesville overall?

Tract 39085204400 scores 5.1/10, higher than the parent city of Painesville at 4.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Painesville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Painesville

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

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