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Neighborhood · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally

South Hills Eviction Risk: Moderate , Cleveland

Tract 39035106900 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 3,501 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Census tract 39035106900 covers part of the South Hills area of Cleveland, OH, and scores 5.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. Cost burden runs 56% here against 43.0% across Cuyahoga County.

Risk score
5.2
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 neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In South Hills
Very High
Within parent city
17 th percentile
Rank, 17th percentileLowHigh
#133 of 159 tracts In Cleveland
Very Low
Within county
59 th percentile
Rank, 59th percentileLowHigh
#175 of 427 tracts In Cuyahoga County
Elevated
Within state
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#844 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Elevated
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 5.2

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
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.
South Hills risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.2This tracttract 1069004.6Clevelandparent city4.6Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 34

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

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.

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 by year 2004 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 39035106900
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
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in South Hills

25% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.2/10.

On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.9/10. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10.

Court records carry 711 eviction filings across 12 observed years. Average gross rent is $834, 12% below the Cleveland average. Against the Cuyahoga County average of 4.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.6 points.

The worst year on record was 2013, when 15.1% of renter households were served. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground B ("Still Desirable"). 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 9.0% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 65th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4/10.

Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $58,382, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the OH average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter.

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

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 5.2/10 (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 5.2/10, 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 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.
Sibling tracts

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

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