Neighborhood · Ranked #25,671 of 84,120 nationally

Riverside Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Cleveland

Tract 39035123602 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 3,093 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

How risky is the Riverside Park neighborhood of Cleveland for landlords? Census tract 39035123602 scores 6.6/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than about 88% of US census tracts.

63% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 39% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $739 a month while the average household earns $47,005 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 45% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

5.9

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 17% Owners 55%

Tract context

Occupied units1,459

Renter share45.2%

SVI overall0.84

Poverty rate39.3%

Median income$47,005

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Cleveland and the region

Centroid at 41.4407, -81.8302 · click any tract to drill in

Why Riverside Park scores 5.9

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

39.3% poverty · this tract

9.8

Supply constraint

$739 rent vs county FMR

1.1

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 Riverside Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 84

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

85%Socioeconomic
59%Household composition
54%Racial/ethnic minority
87%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.

9%Grade A
13%Grade B
10%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 · Princeton Eviction Lab

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.

Historic baseline (2000-2018)

262Total filings over 12 yrs
3.76%Avg annual filing rate
5.8%Peak (2007)
7Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2004 to 2016

Filings dropped 75% over the past 12 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020-2021)

48Total filings 2020-21
0.6Avg monthly (observed)
0.9Pre-pandemic baseline
0.71×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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Riverside 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.

14.9%Housing insecurity
12.1%Utility-shutoff threat
21.3%Food insecurity
20.1%SNAP enrollment
10.7%Transit barriers
10.4%No health insurance
17.6%Frequent mental distress
36.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Riverside Park

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 9.8/10. 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 B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 262 eviction filings here over 12 tracked years, with about 3.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 5.8% of renter households in 2007.

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 39035123602

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035123602?

Census tract 39035123602 in the Riverside Park neighborhood scores 5.9/10 (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 39035123602?

Median gross rent is $739/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 39035123602?

39.3% of residents in tract 39035123602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,093.

How socially vulnerable is tract 39035123602?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 59th, minority 54th, housing 87th.

Is tract 39035123602 considered part of Riverside Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39035123602 fall within Riverside Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035123602?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 262 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035123602 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.76% of renter households, peaking at 5.8% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Did eviction filings in tract 39035123602 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.71× 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 39035123602 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.9% 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. 12.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 39035123602 compare to Cleveland overall?

Tract 39035123602 scores 5.9/10, higher than the parent city of Cleveland at 5.5/10. 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 39035123602 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

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