Within neighborhood
33
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally
Central Eviction Risk: Elevated , Cleveland
Tract 39035109801 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 2,104 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Census tract 39035109801 covers part of the Central area of Cleveland, OH, and scores 6/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,104 residents. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10.
Risk score
6
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 parent city
56
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
78
th percentile
High
Within state
99
th percentile
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
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
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 90
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 80%Socioeconomic
- 97%Household composition
- 98%Racial/ethnic minority
- 67%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 88%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)
- 2,870Total filings over 12 yrs
- 29.41%Avg annual filing rate
- 42.4%Peak (2009)
- 146Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
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
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.
- 47.6%Housing insecurity
- 43.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 61.9%Food insecurity
- 68.7%SNAP enrollment
- 33.4%Transit barriers
- 17.9%No health insurance
- 27.8%Frequent mental distress
- 47.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Central
Average gross rent is $289, 69% below the Cleveland average. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 43.7% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Housing insecurity runs 47.6% against 14.2% nationally.
The poverty rate is 66%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. This is renter territory: 96% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1/10. Cost burden runs around a third here against 43.0% across Cuyahoga County. Severe burden reaches 21%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. Against the Cuyahoga County average of 4.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points.
Court records carry 2,870 eviction filings across 12 observed years. Filings peaked in 2009 at 42.4% of renter households. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 39035109801
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035109801?
Census tract 39035109801 in the Central neighborhood scores 6/10 (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 6/10, 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 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.
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