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Whiskey Island Eviction Risk: Moderate , Cleveland

Tract 39035103602 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 3,584 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

With a score of 5.5/10, tract 39035103602 in the Whiskey Island area of Cleveland, OH reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,584. Average gross rent is $1,288, 36% above the Cleveland average.

Risk score
5.5
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 neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Whiskey Island
Moderate
Within parent city
22 th percentile
Rank, 22nd percentileLowHigh
#125 of 159 tracts In Cleveland
Low
Within county
62 th percentile
Rank, 62nd percentileLowHigh
#164 of 427 tracts In Cuyahoga County
Elevated
Within state
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#527 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
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 5.5

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
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.
Whiskey Island risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.5This tracttract 1036024.6Clevelandparent city4.6Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 69

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

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.

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 by year 2004 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 39035103602
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
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Whiskey Island

74% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.2/10.

The severe-burden share is 20%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10. The poverty rate is 21%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.4/10. Against Cuyahoga County at 43.0%, roughly one in two of renters here are cost-burdened. Against the Cuyahoga County average of 4.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points.

Court records carry 1,234 eviction filings across 12 observed years. Filings peaked in 2004 at 14.2% 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 8.2% 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 39035103602

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035103602?

Census tract 39035103602 in the Whiskey Island neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (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 5.5/10, 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 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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