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Neighborhood · Ranked #9,878 of 84,120 nationally

Central Eviction Risk: Elevated , Cleveland

Tract 39035109801 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 2,104 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 39035109801 (the Central neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio) comes in at 6.1/10, the Elevated tier. It lands near the 77th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 32% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $289 a month while the average household earns $15,921 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 96% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
6.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30% Stable renters 65% Owners 5%
Tract context
Occupied units905
Renter share95.6%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate65.7%
Median income$15,921

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 4 tracts In Central
Very Low
Within parent city
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#20 of 159 tracts In Cleveland
High
Within county
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#15 of 427 tracts In Cuyahoga County
Very High
Within state
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#21 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Cleveland and the region

Centroid at 41.4874, -81.6553 · click any tract to drill in

Why Central scores 6.2

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
65.7% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$289 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 Central compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Central risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.26.2This tracttract 109801Cleveland: 3.73.7Clevelandparent cityCounty: 4.04.0Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 90

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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)

  • 2,870Total filings over 12 yrs
  • 29.41%Avg annual filing rate
  • 42.4%Peak (2009)
  • 146Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 390351098012004: 253 filings (36.40/100 renter HHs)2005: 213 filings (27.20/100 renter HHs)2006: 200 filings (25.54/100 renter HHs)2007: 80 filings (10.22/100 renter HHs)2008: 291 filings (37.16/100 renter HHs)2009: 332 filings (42.40/100 renter HHs)2010: 285 filings (38.15/100 renter HHs)2011: 312 filings (35.29/100 renter HHs)2012: 280 filings (31.67/100 renter HHs)2013: 205 filings (23.19/100 renter HHs)2015: 273 filings (30.88/100 renter HHs)2016: 146 filings (14.87/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 42% over the past 12 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 112Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.5Avg monthly (observed)
  • 9.6Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.15×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline2020-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-02-01: 12 filings (1.33× baseline)2020-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-10-01: 1 filings (0.13× baseline)2021-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-10-01: 1 filings (0.13× baseline)2023-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-09-01: 2 filings (0.21× baseline)2024-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-01-01: 1 filings (0.13× baseline)2025-02-01: 1 filings (0.11× baseline)2025-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-04-01: 1 filings (0.50× baseline)2025-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-11-01: 3 filings (0.19× baseline)2025-12-01: 52 filings (5.20× baseline)2026-01-01: 7 filings (70.00× baseline)2026-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2026-03-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2026-04-01: 30 filings (300.00× baseline)2026-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× 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 Central. 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 Central

The score leans hardest on economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 47.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 43.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 2,870 eviction filings here over 12 tracked years, with about 29.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 42.4% of renter households in 2009.

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 39035109801

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035109801?

Census tract 39035109801 in the Central neighborhood scores 6.2/10 (Elevated 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 39035109801?

Median gross rent is $289/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39035109801?

65.7% of residents in tract 39035109801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,104.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39035109801?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 97th, minority 98th, housing 67th.
Q5

Is tract 39035109801 considered part of Central?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39035109801 fall within Central (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035109801?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 2,870 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035109801 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 29.41% of renter households, peaking at 42.4% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 39035109801 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.15× 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 39035109801 struggle to pay rent?

About 47.6% 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. 43.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9

How does tract 39035109801 compare to Cleveland overall?

Tract 39035109801 scores 6.2/10, 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 39035109801 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 88% 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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