Within parent city
60
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #41,206 of 84,120 nationally
Willoughby Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 39085201300 · Lake County, OH · pop 3,775
Census tract 39085201300 covers part of Willoughby, OH, and scores 4.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. Against Lake County at 36.8%, 72% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units1,982
Renter share41.4%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate10.4%
Median income$69,048
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
83
th percentile
High
Within state
62
th percentile
Elevated
National
51
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Willoughby and the region
Centroid at 41.6183, -81.4295 · click any tract to drill in
Why Willoughby scores 4.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Willoughby
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
10.4% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,225 rent vs county FMR
5.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Willoughby
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Willoughby
7.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Willoughby
5.6
How Willoughby compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 48
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 32%Socioeconomic
- 74%Household composition
- 22%Racial/ethnic minority
- 60%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)
- 293Total filings over 14 yrs
- 2.90%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.4%Peak (2015)
- 15Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 25% 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.
- 6.9%Housing insecurity
- 4.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.7%Food insecurity
- 6.6%SNAP enrollment
- 5.2%Transit barriers
- 6.3%No health insurance
- 13.9%Frequent mental distress
- 33.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Willoughby
The severe-burden share is 35%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 7.8/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.4/10.
Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.5/10. Food insecurity runs 8.7% against 17.8% nationally.
The filing record is not thin: 293 evictions over 14 years of observation. Housing insecurity runs 6.9% against 14.2% nationally.
It sits 0.7 points above the Lake County average of 3.8. The worst year on record was 2015, when 4.4% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 2.9% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 51st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 5.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Average gross rent is $1,225, close to the Willoughby average.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 39085201300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39085201300?
Census tract 39085201300 in Willoughby scores 4.5/10 (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 39085201300?
Median gross rent is $1,225/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 72% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39085201300?
10.4% of residents in tract 39085201300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,775.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39085201300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 32th, household 74th, minority 22th, housing 60th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39085201300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 293 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 39085201300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.90% of renter households, peaking at 4.4% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 39085201300 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.9% 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. 4.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 39085201300 compare to Willoughby overall?
Tract 39085201300 scores 4.5/10, higher than the parent city of Willoughby at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Willoughby; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Willoughby
Top eight tracts in Willoughby ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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