Within neighborhood
67
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally
Westown Eviction Risk: Elevated , Cleveland
Tract 39035102401 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 1,931 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
With a score of 6/10, tract 39035102401 in the Westown area of Cleveland, OH reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 1,931. Severe burden reaches 30%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units640
Renter share51.3%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate36.4%
Median income$37,604
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
61
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
75
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
99
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cleveland and the region
Centroid at 41.4609, -81.7450 · click any tract to drill in
Why Westown scores 6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
36.4% poverty · this tract
9.1
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 Westown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 88
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 94%Socioeconomic
- 95%Household composition
- 79%Racial/ethnic minority
- 40%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
- 23%Grade C
- 49%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)
- 545Total filings over 12 yrs
- 13.09%Avg annual filing rate
- 24.5%Peak (2009)
- 56Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 81% over the past 12 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 182Total filings 2020-21
- 2.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.61×Ratio to baseline
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.
- 31.8%Housing insecurity
- 24.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 44.4%Food insecurity
- 42.3%SNAP enrollment
- 21.2%Transit barriers
- 24.7%No health insurance
- 22.8%Frequent mental distress
- 44.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Westown
The dominant input is economic stress at 9.1/10. The poverty rate is 36%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Housing insecurity runs 31.8% against 14.2% nationally.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 24.3% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10.
It sits 1.4 points above the Cuyahoga County average of 4.6. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10.
The filing record is not thin: 545 evictions over 12 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2009 at 24.5% of renter households.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 13.1% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 78th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Social vulnerability reads 8.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the OH average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.8 points hotter.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 39035102401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035102401?
Census tract 39035102401 in the Westown 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 39035102401?
Median gross rent is $882/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39035102401?
36.4% of residents in tract 39035102401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,931.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39035102401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 95th, minority 79th, housing 40th.
Q5
Is tract 39035102401 considered part of Westown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39035102401 fall within Westown (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035102401?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 545 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035102401 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.09% of renter households, peaking at 24.5% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 39035102401 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.61× 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 39035102401 struggle to pay rent?
About 31.8% 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. 24.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 39035102401 compare to Cleveland overall?
Tract 39035102401 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 39035102401 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 49% 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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