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Buckeye-Shaker Eviction Risk: Elevated , Cleveland

Tract 39035119402 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 1,574 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

39035119402 is a census tract in the Buckeye-Shaker area of Cleveland, OH. It scores 6/10 for landlords. It is home to 1,574 residents. The severe-burden share is 44%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 31% Owners 41%
Tract context
Occupied units654
Renter share59.0%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate40.9%
Median income$26,313

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 5 tracts In Buckeye-Shaker
Very High
Within parent city
64 th percentile
Rank, 64th percentileLowHigh
#58 of 159 tracts In Cleveland
Elevated
Within county
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#35 of 427 tracts In Cuyahoga County
Very High
Within state
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#47 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Cleveland and the region

Centroid at 41.4809, -81.5991 · click any tract to drill in

Why Buckeye-Shaker scores 6

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
40.9% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$848 rent vs county FMR
2.0
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 Buckeye-Shaker compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Buckeye-Shaker risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.0This tracttract 1194024.6Clevelandparent city4.6Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 91

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)

  • 912Total filings over 12 yrs
  • 12.20%Avg annual filing rate
  • 15.7%Peak (2007)
  • 47Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 39035119402
Filings dropped 39% over the past 12 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 163Total filings 2020-21
  • 2.1Avg monthly (observed)
  • 4.7Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.45×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 Buckeye-Shaker. 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 Buckeye-Shaker

The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10. Food insecurity runs 52.0% against 17.8% nationally. Housing insecurity runs 37.5% against 14.2% nationally.

The poverty rate is 41%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Annualized rent equals 39% of average household income of $26,313, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10.

It sits 1.4 points above the Cuyahoga County average of 4.6. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10.

Cost burden runs 48% here against 43.0% across Cuyahoga County. Court records carry 912 eviction filings across 12 observed years. Average gross rent is $848, 10% below the Cleveland average.

Filings peaked in 2007 at 15.7% of renter households.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 39035119402

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035119402?

Census tract 39035119402 in the Buckeye-Shaker 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 39035119402?

Median gross rent is $848/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39035119402?

40.9% of residents in tract 39035119402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,574.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39035119402?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 99th, minority 97th, housing 68th.
Q5

Is tract 39035119402 considered part of Buckeye-Shaker?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39035119402 fall within Buckeye-Shaker (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035119402?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 912 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035119402 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.20% of renter households, peaking at 15.7% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 39035119402 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.45× 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 39035119402 struggle to pay rent?

About 37.5% 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. 34.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9

How does tract 39035119402 compare to Cleveland overall?

Tract 39035119402 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 39035119402 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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