Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #19,562 of 84,120 nationally
Old Brooklyn Eviction Risk: Moderate , Cleveland
Tract 39035105700 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 3,864 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
The Old Brooklyn area of Cleveland anchors census tract 39035105700, which lands at 5.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 60% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 35% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $723 a month against an average household income of $36,120 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 67% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 44%
Owners 33%
Tract context
Occupied units2,129
Renter share66.6%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate20.4%
Median income$36,120
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Within county
70
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
85
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cleveland and the region
Centroid at 41.4405, -81.6932 · click any tract to drill in
Why Old Brooklyn scores 5.4
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
20.4% poverty · this tract
5.1
Supply constraint
$723 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Old Brooklyn compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 87
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 90%Socioeconomic
- 79%Household composition
- 63%Racial/ethnic minority
- 72%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
- 10%Grade B
- 74%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 1,139Total filings over 12 yrs
- 8.53%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.8%Peak (2015)
- 109Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 12 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 314Total filings 2020-21
- 4.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 9.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.44×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.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Old Brooklyn. 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.
- 21.6%Housing insecurity
- 16.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 29.8%Food insecurity
- 28.2%SNAP enrollment
- 14.5%Transit barriers
- 15.4%No health insurance
- 19.7%Frequent mental distress
- 38.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Old Brooklyn
The score leans hardest on 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 safer side for landlords.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 87th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 21.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 16.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 39035105700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035105700?
Census tract 39035105700 in the Old Brooklyn neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (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 39035105700?
Median gross rent is $723/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39035105700?
20.4% of residents in tract 39035105700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,864.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39035105700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 79th, minority 63th, housing 72th.
Q5
Is tract 39035105700 considered part of Old Brooklyn?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39035105700 fall within Old Brooklyn (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035105700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,139 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035105700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.53% of renter households, peaking at 10.8% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 39035105700 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.44× 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 39035105700 struggle to pay rent?
About 21.6% 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. 16.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 39035105700 compare to Cleveland overall?
Tract 39035105700 scores 5.4/10, 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 39035105700 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.
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