Within neighborhood
33
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally
Westown Eviction Risk: Elevated , Cleveland
Tract 39035102402 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 3,655 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Tract 39035102402 sits in the Westown area of Cleveland eviction risk, OH, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6/10. Population here is 3,655. 33% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units1,080
Renter share52.8%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate37.3%
Median income$32,632
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
51
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
75
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
99
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cleveland and the region
Centroid at 41.4672, -81.7428 · 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
37.3% poverty · this tract
9.3
Supply constraint
$939 rent vs county FMR
2.8
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: 96
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 98%Socioeconomic
- 99%Household composition
- 78%Racial/ethnic minority
- 48%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
- 99%Grade C
- 1%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)
- 943Total filings over 12 yrs
- 13.05%Avg annual filing rate
- 20.7%Peak (2013)
- 64Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 12 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 251Total filings 2020-21
- 3.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 6.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.54×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.
- 24.6%Housing insecurity
- 18.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 33.1%Food insecurity
- 30.2%SNAP enrollment
- 16.4%Transit barriers
- 17.9%No health insurance
- 20.2%Frequent mental distress
- 37.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Westown
What pushes it up most is economic stress at 9.3/10. The poverty rate is 37%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Set annual rent against average income of $32,632 and the ratio lands at 35%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Food insecurity runs 33.1% against 17.8% nationally.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. It sits 1.4 points above the Cuyahoga County average of 4.6.
Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10. 50% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Cuyahoga County average of 43.0%. Housing insecurity runs 24.6% against 14.2% nationally.
Court records carry 943 eviction filings across 12 observed years. The worst year on record was 2013, when 20.7% of renter households were served.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). 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.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 39035102402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035102402?
Census tract 39035102402 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 39035102402?
Median gross rent is $939/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39035102402?
37.3% of residents in tract 39035102402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,655.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39035102402?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 99th, minority 78th, housing 48th.
Q5
Is tract 39035102402 considered part of Westown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39035102402 fall within Westown (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035102402?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 943 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035102402 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.05% of renter households, peaking at 20.7% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 39035102402 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.54× 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 39035102402 struggle to pay rent?
About 24.6% 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.
Q9
How does tract 39035102402 compare to Cleveland overall?
Tract 39035102402 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 39035102402 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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