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

Clark-Fulton Eviction Risk: Elevated , Cleveland

Tract 39035102900 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 1,836 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

With a score of 6/10, tract 39035102900 in the Clark-Fulton area of Cleveland, OH reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,836 residents. The severe-burden share is 40%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 29% Owners 43%

Tract context

Occupied units667

Renter share57.1%

SVI overall0.97

Poverty rate32.4%

Median income$38,347

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Cleveland and the region

Centroid at 41.4669, -81.7088 · click any tract to drill in

Why Clark-Fulton 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

32.4% poverty · this tract

8.1

Supply constraint

$967 rent vs county FMR

3.0

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 Clark-Fulton compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 97

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

93%Socioeconomic
98%Household composition
84%Racial/ethnic minority
78%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
66%Grade C
34%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)

509Total filings over 12 yrs
9.94%Avg annual filing rate
12.4%Peak (2016)
55Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2004 to 2016

Filings climbed 53% over the past 12 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

217Total filings 2020-21
2.8Avg monthly (observed)
3.4Pre-pandemic baseline
0.84×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 Clark-Fulton. 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.

25.6%Housing insecurity
18.3%Utility-shutoff threat
34.9%Food insecurity
29.7%SNAP enrollment
16.6%Transit barriers
22.5%No health insurance
19.2%Frequent mental distress
39.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Clark-Fulton

The poverty rate is 32%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.2/10.

On the high side, economic stress reads 8.1/10. It sits 1.4 points above the Cuyahoga County average of 4.6.

On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 22.5% against 11.3% nationally. about half of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Cuyahoga County average of 43.0%.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 18.3% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Court records carry 509 eviction filings across 12 observed years.

Filings peaked in 2016 at 12.4% of renter households. 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 9.9% 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 39035102900

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035102900?

Census tract 39035102900 in the Clark-Fulton 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.

What is the average rent in tract 39035102900?

Median gross rent is $967/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 39035102900?

32.4% of residents in tract 39035102900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,836.

How socially vulnerable is tract 39035102900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 98th, minority 84th, housing 78th.

Is tract 39035102900 considered part of Clark-Fulton?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39035102900 fall within Clark-Fulton (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035102900?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 509 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035102900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.94% of renter households, peaking at 12.4% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Did eviction filings in tract 39035102900 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.84× 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 39035102900 struggle to pay rent?

About 25.6% 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. 18.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 39035102900 compare to Cleveland overall?

Tract 39035102900 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 39035102900 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. 34% 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