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Neighborhood · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally

Little Arabia Eviction Risk: Elevated , Cleveland

Tract 39035123501 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 3,392 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

39035123501 is a census tract in the Little Arabia area of Cleveland, OH. It scores 6/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,392 residents. Cost burden runs 57% here against 43.0% across Cuyahoga County.

Risk score
6
Elevated
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 neighborhood
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 7 tracts In Little Arabia
Elevated
Within parent city
62 th percentile
Rank, 62nd percentileLowHigh
#61 of 159 tracts In Cleveland
Elevated
Within county
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#22 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 41.4640, -81.7786 · click any tract to drill in

Why Little Arabia 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
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.
Little Arabia risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.0This tracttract 1235014.6Clevelandparent city4.6Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 69

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)

  • 818Total filings over 12 yrs
  • 9.52%Avg annual filing rate
  • 13.1%Peak (2009)
  • 65Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 39035123501
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
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 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Little Arabia

The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.2/10. 19% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10.

The poverty rate is 27%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Against the Cuyahoga County average of 4.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points.

Running cool, state political climate reads 2.4/10. Court records carry 818 eviction filings across 12 observed years. Filings peaked in 2009 at 13.1% of renter households.

In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 9.5% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 78th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

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 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 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 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 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Cleveland

Top eight tracts in Cleveland ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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