Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #28,017 of 84,120 nationally
South Hills Eviction Risk: Moderate , Cleveland
Tract 39035106900 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 3,501 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Tract 39035106900, home to 3,501 residents in South Hills in Cleveland, scores $1/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 74% of US census tracts.
56% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $834 monthly, set against $58,382 in average yearly household income, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 42% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units1,634
Renter share42.4%
SVI overall0.34
Poverty rate17.2%
Median income$58,382
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
16
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
61
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
75
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cleveland and the region
Centroid at 41.4289, -81.6925 · click any tract to drill in
Why South Hills scores 4.8
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
17.2% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$834 rent vs county FMR
1.9
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 South Hills compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 34
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 54%Socioeconomic
- 23%Household composition
- 48%Racial/ethnic minority
- 20%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 30%Grade A
- 55%Grade B
- 15%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)
- 711Total filings over 12 yrs
- 8.99%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.1%Peak (2013)
- 74Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 139% over the past 12 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 491Total filings 2020-21
- 6.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.34×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Cleveland, OH as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within South Hills. 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.
- 13.3%Housing insecurity
- 9.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.5%Food insecurity
- 13.2%SNAP enrollment
- 8.7%Transit barriers
- 10.1%No health insurance
- 17.3%Frequent mental distress
- 30.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in South Hills
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 riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 34th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 711 eviction filings here over 12 tracked years, with about 9.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 15.1% of renter households in 2013.
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 39035106900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035106900?
Census tract 39035106900 in the South Hills neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (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 39035106900?
Median gross rent is $834/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39035106900?
17.2% of residents in tract 39035106900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,501.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39035106900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 34th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 54th, household 23th, minority 48th, housing 20th.
Q5
Is tract 39035106900 considered part of South Hills?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39035106900 fall within South Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035106900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 711 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035106900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.99% of renter households, peaking at 15.1% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 39035106900 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.34× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Cleveland eviction risk, OH), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 39035106900 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.3% 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. 9.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 39035106900 compare to Cleveland overall?
Tract 39035106900 scores 4.8/10, 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 39035106900 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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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