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Neighborhood · Ranked #13,119 of 84,120 nationally

Northwood Eviction Risk: Moderate , Cleveland

Tract 39035117600 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 3,712 · neighborhood within 0.0 mi

Northwood in Cleveland is where census tract 39035117600 sits, home to 3,712 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 6.3/10. On the national scale it ranks #15,059 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

About 49% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $975 a month against an average household income of $41,944 a year, roughly 28% of income at the averages. Renters make up 64% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31% Stable renters 33% Owners 36%
Tract context
Occupied units1,651
Renter share63.8%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate28.9%
Median income$41,944

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Northwood
Moderate
Within parent city
65 th percentile
Rank, 65th percentileLowHigh
#57 of 159 tracts In Cleveland
Elevated
Within county
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#62 of 427 tracts In Cuyahoga County
High
Within state
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#159 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Cleveland and the region

Centroid at 41.5810, -81.5558 · click any tract to drill in

Why Northwood scores 5.9

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
28.9% poverty · this tract
7.2
Supply constraint
$975 rent vs county FMR
3.1
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 Northwood compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Northwood risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.95.9This tracttract 117600Cleveland: 3.73.7Clevelandparent cityCounty: 4.04.0Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 75

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)

  • 773Total filings over 12 yrs
  • 9.27%Avg annual filing rate
  • 13.3%Peak (2008)
  • 56Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 390351176002004: 66 filings (9.76/100 renter HHs)2005: 68 filings (9.76/100 renter HHs)2006: 63 filings (9.04/100 renter HHs)2007: 75 filings (10.76/100 renter HHs)2008: 93 filings (13.34/100 renter HHs)2009: 73 filings (10.47/100 renter HHs)2010: 48 filings (7.11/100 renter HHs)2011: 55 filings (8.20/100 renter HHs)2012: 57 filings (8.49/100 renter HHs)2013: 56 filings (8.35/100 renter HHs)2015: 63 filings (9.39/100 renter HHs)2016: 56 filings (6.61/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 15% over the past 12 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 305Total filings 2020-21
  • 4.0Avg monthly (observed)
  • 4.7Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.85×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline2020-01-01: 6 filings (1.85× baseline)2020-02-01: 8 filings (1.78× baseline)2020-03-01: 2 filings (0.62× baseline)2020-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-06-01: 2 filings (0.40× baseline)2020-07-01: 4 filings (0.89× baseline)2020-08-01: 1 filings (0.16× baseline)2020-09-01: 1 filings (0.13× baseline)2020-10-01: 2 filings (0.36× baseline)2020-11-01: 5 filings (0.91× baseline)2020-12-01: 2 filings (0.38× baseline)2021-01-01: 1 filings (0.31× baseline)2021-02-01: 2 filings (0.44× baseline)2021-03-01: 3 filings (0.92× baseline)2021-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-05-01: 3 filings (0.67× baseline)2021-06-01: 6 filings (1.20× baseline)2021-07-01: 2 filings (0.44× baseline)2021-08-01: 5 filings (0.80× baseline)2021-09-01: 3 filings (0.38× baseline)2021-10-01: 10 filings (1.82× baseline)2021-11-01: 4 filings (0.73× baseline)2021-12-01: 2 filings (0.38× baseline)2022-01-01: 3 filings (0.92× baseline)2022-02-01: 2 filings (0.44× baseline)2022-03-01: 4 filings (1.23× baseline)2022-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-05-01: 3 filings (0.67× baseline)2022-06-01: 2 filings (0.40× baseline)2022-07-01: 5 filings (1.11× baseline)2022-08-01: 4 filings (0.64× baseline)2022-09-01: 3 filings (0.38× baseline)2022-10-01: 5 filings (0.91× baseline)2022-11-01: 1 filings (0.18× baseline)2022-12-01: 6 filings (1.14× baseline)2023-01-01: 7 filings (2.15× baseline)2023-02-01: 4 filings (0.89× baseline)2023-03-01: 4 filings (1.23× baseline)2023-04-01: 1 filings (0.24× baseline)2023-05-01: 8 filings (1.78× baseline)2023-06-01: 8 filings (1.60× baseline)2023-07-01: 7 filings (1.56× baseline)2023-08-01: 6 filings (0.96× baseline)2023-09-01: 7 filings (0.88× baseline)2023-10-01: 2 filings (0.36× baseline)2023-11-01: 3 filings (0.55× baseline)2023-12-01: 5 filings (0.95× baseline)2024-01-01: 5 filings (1.54× baseline)2024-02-01: 7 filings (1.56× baseline)2024-03-01: 5 filings (1.54× baseline)2024-04-01: 8 filings (1.88× baseline)2024-05-01: 6 filings (1.33× baseline)2024-06-01: 5 filings (1.00× baseline)2024-07-01: 9 filings (2.00× baseline)2024-08-01: 4 filings (0.64× baseline)2024-09-01: 5 filings (0.63× baseline)2024-10-01: 5 filings (0.91× baseline)2024-11-01: 1 filings (0.18× baseline)2024-12-01: 5 filings (0.95× baseline)2025-01-01: 8 filings (2.46× baseline)2025-02-01: 2 filings (0.44× baseline)2025-03-01: 3 filings (0.92× baseline)2025-04-01: 11 filings (2.59× baseline)2025-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-06-01: 2 filings (0.40× baseline)2025-07-01: 6 filings (1.33× baseline)2025-08-01: 6 filings (0.96× baseline)2025-09-01: 3 filings (0.38× baseline)2025-10-01: 7 filings (1.27× baseline)2025-11-01: 2 filings (0.36× baseline)2025-12-01: 6 filings (1.14× baseline)2026-01-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)2026-02-01: 3 filings (30.00× baseline)2026-03-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)2026-04-01: 3 filings (30.00× baseline)2026-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)

Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Cleveland, OH as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

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 Northwood

The heaviest input here is economic stress at 7.2/10. 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 above 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.

Part of this tract, about 13% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.

The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 75th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

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 39035117600

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035117600?

Census tract 39035117600 in the Northwood neighborhood scores 5.9/10 (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 39035117600?

Median gross rent is $975/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39035117600?

28.9% of residents in tract 39035117600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,712.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39035117600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 50th, minority 87th, housing 60th.
Q5

Is tract 39035117600 considered part of Northwood?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39035117600 fall within Northwood (neighborhood centroid within 0.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035117600?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 773 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035117600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.27% of renter households, peaking at 13.3% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 39035117600 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.85× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Cleveland eviction risk, OH), 2020-2021.
Q8

What share of households in tract 39035117600 struggle to pay rent?

About 26.5% 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. 22.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9

How does tract 39035117600 compare to Cleveland overall?

Tract 39035117600 scores 5.9/10, 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 39035117600 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. 13% 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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