Neighborhood · Ranked #19,562 of 84,120 nationally

Little Arabia Eviction Risk: Moderate , Cleveland

Tract 39035102102 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 2,975 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

How risky is Little Arabia in Cleveland for landlords? Census tract 39035102102 scores 5.8/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 67% of US census tracts.

40% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $884 a month while the average household earns $44,214 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 58% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

5.4

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 23% Stable renters 35% Owners 42%

Tract context

Occupied units1,192

Renter share58.2%

SVI overall0.85

Poverty rate22.0%

Median income$44,214

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Cleveland and the region

Centroid at 41.4518, -81.7641 · click any tract to drill in

Why Little Arabia scores 5.4

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

22.0% poverty · this tract

5.5

Supply constraint

$884 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 Little Arabia compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 85

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

83%Socioeconomic
94%Household composition
74%Racial/ethnic minority
53%Housing & transportation

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.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
72%Grade C
28%Grade D · redlined

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)

1,084Total filings over 12 yrs
16.31%Avg annual filing rate
18.9%Peak (2006)
67Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2004 to 2016

Filings dropped 17% over the past 12 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

281Total filings 2020-21
3.7Avg monthly (observed)
5.2Pre-pandemic baseline
0.71×Ratio to baseline

Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Little Arabia. 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.

24.3%Housing insecurity
18.9%Utility-shutoff threat
33.1%Food insecurity
30.6%SNAP enrollment
16.1%Transit barriers
18.0%No health insurance
20.0%Frequent mental distress
39.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Little Arabia

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at $1/10. 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 Cleveland eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Cuyahoga County average of 5.8 and above the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

Part of this tract, about 28% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.

During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.71x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 39035102102

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035102102?

Census tract 39035102102 in the Little Arabia neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 39035102102?

Median gross rent is $884/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 39035102102?

22.0% of residents in tract 39035102102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,975.

How socially vulnerable is tract 39035102102?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 94th, minority 74th, housing 53th.

Is tract 39035102102 considered part of Little Arabia?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39035102102 fall within Little Arabia (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035102102?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,084 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035102102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 16.31% of renter households, peaking at 18.9% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Did eviction filings in tract 39035102102 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.71× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Cleveland eviction risk, OH), 2020-2021.

What share of households in tract 39035102102 struggle to pay rent?

About 24.3% 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. 18.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 39035102102 compare to Cleveland overall?

Tract 39035102102 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Cleveland at 3.7/10. 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 39035102102 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. 28% 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Cleveland

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

Eviction Lab tract-level court records (2000-2018) and Eviction Tracking System, Princeton University. Open Data Commons Attribution license. evictionlab.org