Neighborhood · Ranked #26,446 of 84,120 nationally

Shaker Square Eviction Risk: Moderate , Cleveland

Tract 39035119501 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 2,231 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

Shaker Square in Cleveland anchors census tract 39035119501, which lands at 5.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #33,690 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

32% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,107 monthly, set against $53,381 in average yearly household income, roughly 25% of income at the averages. Renters make up 70% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

4.9

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 22% Stable renters 47% Owners 31%

Tract context

Occupied units1,350

Renter share69.6%

SVI overall0.32

Poverty rate18.2%

Median income$53,381

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Cleveland and the region

Centroid at 41.4830, -81.5883 · click any tract to drill in

Why Shaker Square scores 4.9

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

18.2% poverty · this tract

4.5

Supply constraint

$1,107 rent vs county FMR

4.2

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 Shaker Square compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 32

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

34%Socioeconomic
4%Household composition
75%Racial/ethnic minority
60%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

10%Grade A
78%Grade B
12%Grade C
0%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)

1,392Total filings over 12 yrs
10.15%Avg annual filing rate
14.5%Peak (2011)
98Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2004 to 2016

Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 12 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

426Total filings 2020-21
5.5Avg monthly (observed)
7.9Pre-pandemic baseline
0.70×Ratio to baseline

Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01

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.

12.6%Housing insecurity
10.6%Utility-shutoff threat
15.2%Food insecurity
13.3%SNAP enrollment
8.5%Transit barriers
5.9%No health insurance
14.2%Frequent mental distress
28.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Shaker Square

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. 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 safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 32nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

In CDC survey modeling, about 12.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 39035119501

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035119501?

Census tract 39035119501 in the Shaker Square neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 39035119501?

Median gross rent is $1,107/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 39035119501?

18.2% of residents in tract 39035119501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,231.

How socially vulnerable is tract 39035119501?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 4th, minority 75th, housing 60th.

Is tract 39035119501 considered part of Shaker Square?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39035119501 fall within Shaker Square (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035119501?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,392 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035119501 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.15% of renter households, peaking at 14.5% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Did eviction filings in tract 39035119501 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.70× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Cleveland eviction risk, OH), 2020-2021.

What share of households in tract 39035119501 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.6% 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. 10.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 39035119501 compare to Cleveland overall?

Tract 39035119501 scores 4.9/10, 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 39035119501 historically redlined?

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

Eviction Lab tract-level court records (2000-2018) and Eviction Tracking System, Princeton University. Open Data Commons Attribution license. evictionlab.org