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Westown Eviction Risk: Moderate , Cleveland

Tract 39035102200 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 3,241 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Census tract 39035102200 runs through the Westown area of Cleveland. With 3,241 residents, it scores 5.5/10 for landlords. That is riskier than about 56% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 31% of renter households, a high level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $995 a month against an average household income of $51,313 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. About 63% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

5.1

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 19% Stable renters 43% Owners 38%

Tract context

Occupied units1,293

Renter share62.7%

SVI overall0.81

Poverty rate20.0%

Median income$51,313

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Cleveland and the region

Centroid at 41.4577, -81.7558 · click any tract to drill in

Why Westown scores 5.1

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

20.0% poverty · this tract

5.0

Supply constraint

$995 rent vs county FMR

3.2

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 Westown compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 81

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

80%Socioeconomic
97%Household composition
72%Racial/ethnic minority
39%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
22%Grade B
42%Grade C
20%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)

531Total filings over 12 yrs
10.78%Avg annual filing rate
12.7%Peak (2011)
45Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2004 to 2016

Filings climbed 67% over the past 12 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

171Total filings 2020-21
2.2Avg monthly (observed)
3.9Pre-pandemic baseline
0.58×Ratio to baseline

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

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Westown. 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.

17.9%Housing insecurity
12.3%Utility-shutoff threat
22.2%Food insecurity
17.3%SNAP enrollment
11.1%Transit barriers
13.9%No health insurance
18.0%Frequent mental distress
31.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Westown

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 safer side for landlords.

During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.58x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.

Part of this tract, about 20% 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.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 39035102200

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035102200?

Census tract 39035102200 in the Westown neighborhood scores 5.1/10 (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 39035102200?

Median gross rent is $995/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 39035102200?

20.0% of residents in tract 39035102200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,241.

How socially vulnerable is tract 39035102200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 81th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 97th, minority 72th, housing 39th.

Is tract 39035102200 considered part of Westown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39035102200 fall within Westown (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035102200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 531 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035102200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.78% of renter households, peaking at 12.7% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Did eviction filings in tract 39035102200 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.

What share of households in tract 39035102200 struggle to pay rent?

About 17.9% 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. 12.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 39035102200 compare to Cleveland overall?

Tract 39035102200 scores 5.1/10, 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 39035102200 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. 20% 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