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Neighborhood · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally

Indianola Park Eviction Risk: Lower , Cleveland

Tract 39035123400 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 3,294 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

With a score of 3.7/10, tract 39035123400 in the Indianola Park area of Cleveland, OH reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,294 residents. The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1.2/10.

Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 20% Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units1,591
Renter share34.4%
SVI overall0.38
Poverty rate8.0%
Median income$81,927

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Indianola Park
Very High
Within parent city
2 th percentile
Rank, 2nd percentileLowHigh
#156 of 159 tracts In Cleveland
Very Low
Within county
39 th percentile
Rank, 39th percentileLowHigh
#263 of 427 tracts In Cuyahoga County
Low
Within state
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#1,695 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Cleveland and the region

Centroid at 41.4590, -81.8172 · click any tract to drill in

Why Indianola Park scores 3.7

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
8.0% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$744 rent vs county FMR
1.2
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 Indianola Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Indianola Park risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.7This tracttract 1234004.6Clevelandparent city4.6Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 38

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: A: Best

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. 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)

  • 208Total filings over 12 yrs
  • 2.85%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.3%Peak (2008)
  • 14Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 39035123400
Filings dropped 26% over the past 12 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 22Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.3Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.9Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.32×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 Indianola Park. 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 Indianola Park

Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10.

At $744 a month, rents run 21% under what the rest of Cleveland commands. 10% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Food insecurity runs 9.3% against 17.8% nationally. Court records carry 208 eviction filings across 12 observed years.

Against the Cuyahoga County average of 4.6, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.9 points. SNAP participation runs 7.0% against 15.2% nationally.

The worst year on record was 2008, when 3.3% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped A ("Best") 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.

In a typical year about 2.9% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 35th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.4/10.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 39035123400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035123400?

Census tract 39035123400 in the Indianola Park neighborhood scores 3.7/10 (Lower 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 39035123400?

Median gross rent is $744/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39035123400?

8.0% of residents in tract 39035123400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,294.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39035123400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 38th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 35th, minority 22th, housing 41th.
Q5

Is tract 39035123400 considered part of Indianola Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39035123400 fall within Indianola Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035123400?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 208 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035123400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.85% of renter households, peaking at 3.3% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 39035123400 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.32× 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 39035123400 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.8% 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. 5.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9

How does tract 39035123400 compare to Cleveland overall?

Tract 39035123400 scores 3.7/10, lower 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 39035123400 historically redlined?

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