Neighborhood · Ranked #28,080 of 84,120 nationally

Brooklyn Centre Eviction Risk: Moderate , Cleveland

Tract 39035105602 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 2,194 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Census tract 39035105602 belongs to the Brooklyn Centre neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio. It is home to 2,194 residents and scores $1/10, an elevated reading for landlords. It lands near the 74th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 55% of renter households, a severe level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $840 a month against an average household income of $37,188 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. Renters make up 52% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

5.7

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 29% Stable renters 23% Owners 48%

Tract context

Occupied units879

Renter share51.8%

SVI overall0.93

Poverty rate19.4%

Median income$37,188

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Cleveland and the region

Centroid at 41.4546, -81.6949 · click any tract to drill in

Why Brooklyn Centre scores 5.7

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

19.4% poverty · this tract

4.9

Supply constraint

$840 rent vs county FMR

2.0

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 Brooklyn Centre compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 93

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

91%Socioeconomic
99%Household composition
68%Racial/ethnic minority
61%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
40%Grade C
3%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 · Princeton Eviction Lab

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.

Historic baseline (2000-2018)

829Total filings over 12 yrs
12.98%Avg annual filing rate
12.2%Peak (2016)
90Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2004 to 2016

Filings climbed 41% over the past 12 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020-2021)

252Total filings 2020-21
3.3Avg monthly (observed)
6.9Pre-pandemic baseline
0.48×Ratio to baseline

Monthly filings 2020-2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01

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 Brooklyn Centre. 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.

23.7%Housing insecurity
17.6%Utility-shutoff threat
31.8%Food insecurity
28.5%SNAP enrollment
15.5%Transit barriers
17.4%No health insurance
20.2%Frequent mental distress
38.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Brooklyn Centre

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 about the same as 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.

During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.48x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.

The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 93rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

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 39035105602

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035105602?

Census tract 39035105602 in the Brooklyn Centre neighborhood scores 5.7/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 39035105602?

Median gross rent is $840/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 39035105602?

19.4% of residents in tract 39035105602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,194.

How socially vulnerable is tract 39035105602?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 99th, minority 68th, housing 61th.

Is tract 39035105602 considered part of Brooklyn Centre?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39035105602 fall within Brooklyn Centre (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035105602?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 829 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035105602 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.98% of renter households, peaking at 12.2% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Did eviction filings in tract 39035105602 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.48× 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.

What share of households in tract 39035105602 struggle to pay rent?

About 23.7% 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. 17.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 39035105602 compare to Cleveland overall?

Tract 39035105602 scores 5.7/10, right in line with the parent city of Cleveland at 5.5/10. 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 39035105602 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. 3% 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

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Top eight tracts in Cleveland ranked by composite eviction-risk score.