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Census Tract · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally

Willoughby Hills Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 39085201000 · Lake County, OH · pop 5,057

Tract 39085201000 sits in Willoughby Hills, OH, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.7/10. Population here is 5,057. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10.

Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30% Stable renters 28% Owners 42%
Tract context
Occupied units2,718
Renter share58.8%
SVI overall0.32
Poverty rate10.3%
Median income$46,930

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Willoughby Hills
Very High
Within county
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#5 of 59 tracts In Lake County
Very High
Within state
89 th percentile
Rank, 89th percentileLowHigh
#353 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
High
National
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#21,564 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Willoughby Hills and the region

Centroid at 41.5814, -81.4631 · click any tract to drill in

Why Willoughby Hills scores 5.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Willoughby Hills
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
10.3% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,014 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Willoughby Hills
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Willoughby Hills
9.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Willoughby Hills
5.6

How Willoughby Hills compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Willoughby Hills risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.7This tracttract 2010004.6Willoughby Hillsparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 32

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

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)

  • 1,238Total filings over 14 yrs
  • 7.28%Avg annual filing rate
  • 10.6%Peak (2002)
  • 79Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 39085201000
Filings dropped 37% 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Willoughby Hills

52% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Lake County average of 36.8%. Severe burden reaches 25%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Against the Lake County average of 3.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.9 points. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.4/10.

Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.4/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,238 filings here across 14 tracked years. At $1,014 a month, rents run 9% under what the rest of Willoughby Hills commands.

Filings peaked in 2002 at 10.6% of renter households. In a typical year about 7.3% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 74% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the OH average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 39085201000

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39085201000?

Census tract 39085201000 in Willoughby Hills scores 5.7/10 (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 39085201000?

Median gross rent is $1,014/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39085201000?

10.3% of residents in tract 39085201000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,057.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39085201000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 40th, minority 51th, housing 12th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39085201000?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,238 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 39085201000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.28% of renter households, peaking at 10.6% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 39085201000 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.6% 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. 9.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 39085201000 compare to Willoughby Hills overall?

Tract 39085201000 scores 5.7/10, higher than the parent city of Willoughby Hills at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Willoughby Hills; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Willoughby Hills

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

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