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Neighborhood · Ranked #41,065 of 84,120 nationally

Old Brooklyn Eviction Risk: Moderate , Cleveland

Tract 39035105900 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 2,706 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

Eviction risk in the Old Brooklyn neighborhood of Cleveland centers on tract 39035105900, which scores 5.1/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 2,706 residents. On the national scale it ranks #49,159 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

26% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $925 a month while the average household earns $70,288 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 25% of occupied homes.

Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6% Stable renters 18% Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units1,207
Renter share24.7%
SVI overall0.60
Poverty rate9.9%
Median income$70,288

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 5 tracts In Old Brooklyn
Very Low
Within parent city
4 th percentile
Rank, 4th percentileLowHigh
#153 of 159 tracts In Cleveland
Very Low
Within county
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#215 of 427 tracts In Cuyahoga County
Moderate
Within state
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#1,265 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Cleveland and the region

Centroid at 41.4252, -81.7042 · click any tract to drill in

Why Old Brooklyn scores 4

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
9.9% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$925 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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 Old Brooklyn compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Old Brooklyn risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.04.0This tracttract 105900Cleveland: 3.73.7Clevelandparent cityCounty: 4.04.0Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 60

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)

  • 359Total filings over 12 yrs
  • 8.20%Avg annual filing rate
  • 11.3%Peak (2008)
  • 28Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 390351059002004: 24 filings (7.25/100 renter HHs)2005: 27 filings (7.65/100 renter HHs)2006: 25 filings (7.08/100 renter HHs)2007: 24 filings (6.80/100 renter HHs)2008: 40 filings (11.33/100 renter HHs)2009: 39 filings (11.05/100 renter HHs)2010: 24 filings (6.88/100 renter HHs)2011: 33 filings (8.94/100 renter HHs)2012: 33 filings (8.94/100 renter HHs)2013: 32 filings (8.67/100 renter HHs)2015: 30 filings (8.13/100 renter HHs)2016: 28 filings (5.71/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 17% over the past 12 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 156Total filings 2020-21
  • 2.0Avg monthly (observed)
  • 2.1Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.95×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline2020-01-01: 5 filings (1.82× baseline)2020-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-03-01: 2 filings (1.14× baseline)2020-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-06-01: 2 filings (1.00× baseline)2020-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-08-01: 5 filings (2.50× baseline)2020-09-01: 1 filings (0.57× baseline)2020-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-11-01: 1 filings (0.40× baseline)2020-12-01: 1 filings (0.50× baseline)2021-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-02-01: 1 filings (0.33× baseline)2021-03-01: 2 filings (1.14× baseline)2021-04-01: 2 filings (1.00× baseline)2021-05-01: 1 filings (0.50× baseline)2021-06-01: 3 filings (1.50× baseline)2021-07-01: 1 filings (0.31× baseline)2021-08-01: 2 filings (1.00× baseline)2021-09-01: 4 filings (2.29× baseline)2021-10-01: 3 filings (1.20× baseline)2021-11-01: 7 filings (2.80× baseline)2021-12-01: 1 filings (0.50× baseline)2022-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-02-01: 4 filings (1.33× baseline)2022-03-01: 1 filings (0.57× baseline)2022-04-01: 2 filings (1.00× baseline)2022-05-01: 1 filings (0.50× baseline)2022-06-01: 3 filings (1.50× baseline)2022-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-08-01: 2 filings (1.00× baseline)2022-09-01: 4 filings (2.29× baseline)2022-10-01: 1 filings (0.40× baseline)2022-11-01: 3 filings (1.20× baseline)2022-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-01-01: 5 filings (1.82× baseline)2023-02-01: 6 filings (2.00× baseline)2023-03-01: 1 filings (0.57× baseline)2023-04-01: 3 filings (1.50× baseline)2023-05-01: 4 filings (2.00× baseline)2023-06-01: 3 filings (1.50× baseline)2023-07-01: 1 filings (0.31× baseline)2023-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-09-01: 2 filings (1.14× baseline)2023-10-01: 1 filings (0.40× baseline)2023-11-01: 1 filings (0.40× baseline)2023-12-01: 3 filings (1.50× baseline)2024-01-01: 4 filings (1.45× baseline)2024-02-01: 4 filings (1.33× baseline)2024-03-01: 1 filings (0.57× baseline)2024-04-01: 4 filings (2.00× baseline)2024-05-01: 4 filings (2.00× baseline)2024-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-07-01: 1 filings (0.31× baseline)2024-08-01: 3 filings (1.50× baseline)2024-09-01: 4 filings (2.29× baseline)2024-10-01: 4 filings (1.60× baseline)2024-11-01: 2 filings (0.80× baseline)2024-12-01: 1 filings (0.50× baseline)2025-01-01: 1 filings (0.36× baseline)2025-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-03-01: 1 filings (0.57× baseline)2025-04-01: 1 filings (0.50× baseline)2025-05-01: 2 filings (1.00× baseline)2025-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-07-01: 3 filings (0.92× baseline)2025-08-01: 4 filings (2.00× baseline)2025-09-01: 3 filings (1.71× baseline)2025-10-01: 3 filings (1.20× baseline)2025-11-01: 1 filings (0.40× baseline)2025-12-01: 1 filings (0.50× baseline)2026-01-01: 3 filings (30.00× baseline)2026-02-01: 3 filings (30.00× baseline)2026-03-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2026-04-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)2026-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)

Pandemic filings ran below baseline. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Old Brooklyn

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 below the Cuyahoga County average of 5.8 and in line with the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.95x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 60th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 39035105900

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035105900?

Census tract 39035105900 in the Old Brooklyn neighborhood scores 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 39035105900?

Median gross rent is $925/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39035105900?

9.9% of residents in tract 39035105900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,706.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39035105900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 50th, minority 34th, housing 42th.
Q5

Is tract 39035105900 considered part of Old Brooklyn?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39035105900 fall within Old Brooklyn (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035105900?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 359 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035105900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.20% of renter households, peaking at 11.3% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 39035105900 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.95× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Cleveland eviction risk, OH), 2020-2021.
Q8

What share of households in tract 39035105900 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.7% 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. 8.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9

How does tract 39035105900 compare to Cleveland overall?

Tract 39035105900 scores 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 39035105900 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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