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Clark-Fulton Eviction Risk: Elevated , Cleveland

Tract 39035105300 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 3,293 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Census tract 39035105300 covers part of the Clark-Fulton area of Cleveland, OH, and scores 6/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,293. 38% 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 41% Stable renters 14% Owners 45%
Tract context
Occupied units1,185
Renter share55.1%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate48.1%
Median income$39,099

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#3 of 4 tracts In Clark-Fulton
Low
Within parent city
59 th percentile
Rank, 59th percentileLowHigh
#66 of 159 tracts In Cleveland
Elevated
Within county
81 th percentile
Rank, 81st percentileLowHigh
#82 of 427 tracts In Cuyahoga County
High
Within state
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#47 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Cleveland and the region

Centroid at 41.4585, -81.7167 · 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
48.1% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,004 rent vs county FMR
3.3
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 Clark-Fulton compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Clark-Fulton risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.0This tracttract 1053004.6Clevelandparent city4.6Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 83

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

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.

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)

  • 925Total filings over 12 yrs
  • 11.85%Avg annual filing rate
  • 15.9%Peak (2008)
  • 71Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 39035105300
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 12 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 216Total filings 2020-21
  • 2.8Avg monthly (observed)
  • 5.2Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.54×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.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Clark-Fulton

Cost burden runs roughly three in four here against 43.0% across Cuyahoga County. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10. SNAP participation runs 42.8% against 15.2% nationally.

Food insecurity runs 45.2% against 17.8% nationally. The poverty rate is 48%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10.

Against the Cuyahoga County average of 4.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 925 filings here across 12 tracked years.

Filings peaked in 2008 at 15.9% of renter households. 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. In a typical year about 11.9% of renter households face a filing.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 39035105300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035105300?

Census tract 39035105300 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.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 39035105300?

Median gross rent is $1,004/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 75% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39035105300?

48.1% of residents in tract 39035105300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,293.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39035105300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 93th, minority 66th, housing 25th.
Q5

Is tract 39035105300 considered part of Clark-Fulton?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39035105300 fall within Clark-Fulton (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035105300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 925 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035105300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.85% of renter households, peaking at 15.9% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 39035105300 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 39035105300 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. 24.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9

How does tract 39035105300 compare to Cleveland overall?

Tract 39035105300 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 39035105300 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. 0% 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.

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