Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,926 of 84,120 nationally
Whiskey Island Eviction Risk: Moderate , Cleveland
Tract 39035103602 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 3,584 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
How risky is the Whiskey Island neighborhood of Cleveland for landlords? Census tract 39035103602 scores 6.2/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than roughly 80% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 48% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,288 a month against an average household income of $61,080 a year, roughly 25% of income at the averages. About 74% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36%
Stable renters 39%
Owners 25%
Tract context
Occupied units2,224
Renter share74.4%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate21.1%
Median income$61,080
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
20
th percentile
Low
Within county
64
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
79
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cleveland and the region
Centroid at 41.4940, -81.7179 · click any tract to drill in
Why Whiskey Island scores 5
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
21.1% poverty · this tract
5.3
Supply constraint
$1,288 rent vs county FMR
5.7
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 Whiskey Island compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 69
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 67%Socioeconomic
- 28%Household composition
- 48%Racial/ethnic minority
- 88%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
- 4%Grade C
- 41%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)
- 1,234Total filings over 12 yrs
- 8.20%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.2%Peak (2004)
- 69Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 49% over the past 12 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 127Total filings 2020-21
- 1.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.39×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.
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.
- 11.2%Housing insecurity
- 8.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.5%Food insecurity
- 10.9%SNAP enrollment
- 7.6%Transit barriers
- 7.6%No health insurance
- 15.8%Frequent mental distress
- 25.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Whiskey Island
What moves this score most is 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 above 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,234 eviction filings here over 12 tracked years, with about 8.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 14.2% of renter households in 2004.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 41% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 39035103602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035103602?
Census tract 39035103602 in the Whiskey Island neighborhood scores 5/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 39035103602?
Median gross rent is $1,288/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39035103602?
21.1% of residents in tract 39035103602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,584.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39035103602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 67th, household 28th, minority 48th, housing 88th.
Q5
Is tract 39035103602 considered part of Whiskey Island?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39035103602 fall within Whiskey Island (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035103602?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,234 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035103602 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.20% of renter households, peaking at 14.2% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 39035103602 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.39× 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 39035103602 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.2% 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. 8.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 39035103602 compare to Cleveland overall?
Tract 39035103602 scores 5/10, 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 39035103602 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. 41% 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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