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South Hills Eviction Risk: Lower , Cleveland

Tract 39035107000 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 1,569 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

With a score of 3.2/10, tract 39035107000 in the South Hills area of Cleveland, OH reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,569 residents. Against Cuyahoga County at 43.0%, 30% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3% Stable renters 7% Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units769
Renter share9.2%
SVI overall0.24
Poverty rate3.1%
Median income$94,719

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In South Hills
Very Low
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#159 of 159 tracts In Cleveland
Very Low
Within county
30 th percentile
Rank, 30th percentileLowHigh
#300 of 427 tracts In Cuyahoga County
Low
Within state
35 th percentile
Rank, 35th percentileLowHigh
#2,053 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Cleveland and the region

Centroid at 41.4321, -81.6808 · click any tract to drill in

Why South Hills scores 3.2

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
3.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,057 rent vs county FMR
3.8
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 / state3.2This tracttract 1070004.6Clevelandparent city4.6Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 24

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)

  • 62Total filings over 12 yrs
  • 10.83%Avg annual filing rate
  • 14.9%Peak (2015)
  • 6Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 39035107000
Filings climbed 50% over the past 12 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 11Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.1Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.3Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.56×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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 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

The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. Against the Cuyahoga County average of 4.6, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.4 points.

Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10. Court records carry 62 eviction filings across 12 observed years. SNAP participation runs 7.1% against 15.2% nationally.

Severe burden reaches 8%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Food insecurity runs 10.5% against 17.8% nationally. Average gross rent is $1,057, 12% above the Cleveland average.

The worst year on record was 2015, when 14.9% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Cleveland. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

In a typical year about 10.8% of renter households face a filing.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 39035107000

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035107000?

Census tract 39035107000 in the South Hills neighborhood scores 3.2/10 (Lower 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 39035107000?

Median gross rent is $1,057/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39035107000?

3.1% of residents in tract 39035107000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,569.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39035107000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 24th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 30th, household 64th, minority 38th, housing 10th.
Q5

Is tract 39035107000 considered part of South Hills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39035107000 fall within South Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035107000?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 62 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035107000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.83% of renter households, peaking at 14.9% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 39035107000 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.56× 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 39035107000 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.0% 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. 6.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9

How does tract 39035107000 compare to Cleveland overall?

Tract 39035107000 scores 3.2/10, lower 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 39035107000 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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