Within neighborhood
67
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #15,522 of 84,120 nationally
Little Arabia Eviction Risk: Moderate , Cleveland
Tract 39035123501 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 3,392 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Tract 39035123501, home to 3,392 residents in the Little Arabia neighborhood of Cleveland, scores 6.3/10 for landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #15,063 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 57% of renter households, a severe level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $980 a month against an average household income of $48,259 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 60% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 34%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units1,340
Renter share59.9%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate27.0%
Median income$48,259
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
45
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
76
th percentile
High
Within state
91
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cleveland and the region
Centroid at 41.4640, -81.7786 · click any tract to drill in
Why Little Arabia scores 5.7
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
27.0% poverty · this tract
6.8
Supply constraint
$980 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 Little Arabia compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 69
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 82%Socioeconomic
- 94%Household composition
- 65%Racial/ethnic minority
- 13%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 10%Grade B
- 40%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)
- 818Total filings over 12 yrs
- 9.52%Avg annual filing rate
- 13.1%Peak (2009)
- 65Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 27% over the past 12 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 206Total filings 2020-21
- 2.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.57×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 Little Arabia. 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.
- 18.2%Housing insecurity
- 13.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 23.3%Food insecurity
- 20.2%SNAP enrollment
- 11.9%Transit barriers
- 12.8%No health insurance
- 19.4%Frequent mental distress
- 33.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Little Arabia
The score leans hardest on economic stress at 6.8/10. 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.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 818 eviction filings here over 12 tracked years, with about 9.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 13.1% of renter households in 2009.
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 39035123501
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035123501?
Census tract 39035123501 in the Little Arabia neighborhood scores 5.7/10 (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 39035123501?
Median gross rent is $980/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39035123501?
27.0% of residents in tract 39035123501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,392.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39035123501?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 94th, minority 65th, housing 13th.
Q5
Is tract 39035123501 considered part of Little Arabia?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39035123501 fall within Little Arabia (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035123501?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 818 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035123501 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.52% of renter households, peaking at 13.1% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 39035123501 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.57× 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 39035123501 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.2% 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. 13.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 39035123501 compare to Cleveland overall?
Tract 39035123501 scores 5.7/10, 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 39035123501 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.
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