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Neighborhood · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally

Wakefield Eviction Risk: Elevated , Cleveland

Tract 39035101901 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 1,327 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

39035101901 is a census tract in the Wakefield area of Cleveland, OH. It scores 6/10 for landlords. Population here is 1,327. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 8.5/10.

Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 34% Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units558
Renter share52.3%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate33.9%
Median income$46,389

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Wakefield
Moderate
Within parent city
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#15 of 159 tracts In Cleveland
Very High
Within county
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#105 of 427 tracts In Cuyahoga County
High
Within state
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#47 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Cleveland and the region

Centroid at 41.4771, -81.7328 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wakefield scores 6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Cleveland
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.7
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
33.9% poverty · this tract
8.5
Supply constraint
$882 rent vs county FMR
2.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Cleveland
2.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Cleveland
6.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Cleveland
5.0

How Wakefield compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Wakefield risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.0This tracttract 1019014.6Clevelandparent city4.6Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 91

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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)

  • 623Total filings over 12 yrs
  • 13.00%Avg annual filing rate
  • 17.5%Peak (2007)
  • 33Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 39035101901
Filings dropped 51% over the past 12 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 120Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.6Avg monthly (observed)
  • 2.7Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.58×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Cleveland, OH as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

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 Wakefield

The poverty rate is 34%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10.

34% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Cuyahoga County average of 43.0%. SNAP participation runs 28.0% against 15.2% nationally. It sits 1.4 points above the Cuyahoga County average of 4.6.

On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10. 10% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Housing insecurity runs 22.8% against 14.2% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 623 evictions over 12 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2007, when 17.5% of renter households were served.

This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Cleveland. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 13.0% of renter households face a filing.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 39035101901

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035101901?

Census tract 39035101901 in the Wakefield neighborhood scores 6/10 (Elevated 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 39035101901?

Median gross rent is $882/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39035101901?

33.9% of residents in tract 39035101901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,327.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39035101901?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 87th, household 94th, minority 59th, housing 81th.
Q5

Is tract 39035101901 considered part of Wakefield?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39035101901 fall within Wakefield (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035101901?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 623 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035101901 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.00% of renter households, peaking at 17.5% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 39035101901 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.58× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Cleveland eviction risk, OH), 2020-2021.
Q8

What share of households in tract 39035101901 struggle to pay rent?

About 22.8% 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. 17.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9

How does tract 39035101901 compare to Cleveland overall?

Tract 39035101901 scores 6/10, higher than the parent city of Cleveland at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Cleveland eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q10

Was tract 39035101901 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 1% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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