Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #59,654 of 84,120 nationally
Gulf Road Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , Elyria
Tract 39093070101 · Lorain County, OH · pop 3,791 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
39093070101 is a census tract in the Gulf Road Heights area of Elyria, OH. It scores 3.4/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,791 residents. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1.5/10.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 93%
Tract context
Occupied units1,611
Renter share6.9%
SVI overall0.06
Poverty rate5.9%
Median income$75,072
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
18
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
45
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
40
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Elyria and the region
Centroid at 41.3939, -82.0838 · click any tract to drill in
Why Gulf Road Heights scores 3.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Elyria
5.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.9
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
5.9% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,125 rent vs county FMR
4.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Elyria
5.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Elyria
8.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Elyria
6.4
How Gulf Road Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 6
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 26%Socioeconomic
- 16%Household composition
- 21%Racial/ethnic minority
- 3%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)
- 22Total filings over 10 yrs
- 3.45%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.5%Peak (2014)
- 2Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 100% over the past 11 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Gulf Road Heights. 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.
- 9.0%Housing insecurity
- 6.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.9%Food insecurity
- 8.2%SNAP enrollment
- 6.0%Transit barriers
- 7.5%No health insurance
- 16.3%Frequent mental distress
- 30.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Gulf Road Heights
Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.1/10. Average gross rent is $1,125, 24% above the Elyria average.
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.4/10. Court records carry 22 eviction filings across 10 observed years.
SNAP participation runs 8.2% against 15.2% nationally. It sits 0.7 points below the Lorain County average of 4.1. The worst year on record was 2014, when 5.5% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 3.5% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 29th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Only 7% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.5/10. Rent consumes only 18% of average household income of $75,072, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
Statewide the OH average is 4.2, so this tract runs 0.8 points cooler.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 39093070101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39093070101?
Census tract 39093070101 in the Gulf Road Heights neighborhood scores 3.4/10 (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 39093070101?
Median gross rent is $1,125/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 0% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39093070101?
5.9% of residents in tract 39093070101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,791.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39093070101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 6th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 26th, household 16th, minority 21th, housing 3th.
Q5
Is tract 39093070101 considered part of Gulf Road Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39093070101 fall within Gulf Road Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39093070101?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 22 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 39093070101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.45% of renter households, peaking at 5.5% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 39093070101 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.0% 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. 6.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 39093070101 compare to Elyria overall?
Tract 39093070101 scores 3.4/10, lower than the parent city of Elyria at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Elyria eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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