Neighborhood · Ranked #41,206 of 84,120 nationally

Riverside Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Cleveland

Tract 39035123700 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 2,631 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

Census tract 39035123700 covers part of the Riverside Park area of Cleveland, OH, and scores 4.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,631 residents. 17% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well under the Cuyahoga County average of 43.0%.

Risk score

4.5

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 5% Stable renters 26% Owners 69%

Tract context

Occupied units1,029

Renter share31.9%

SVI overall0.29

Poverty rate14.7%

Median income$76,625

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Cleveland and the region

Centroid at 41.4270, -81.8396 · click any tract to drill in

Why Riverside Park scores 4.5

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

14.7% poverty · this tract

3.7

Supply constraint

$1,218 rent vs county FMR

5.1

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: 29

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

26%Socioeconomic
46%Household composition
51%Racial/ethnic minority
28%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
2%Grade B
39%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)

77Total filings over 12 yrs
6.27%Avg annual filing rate
13.8%Peak (2006)
3Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2004 to 2016

Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 12 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

58Total filings 2020-21
0.8Avg monthly (observed)
0.6Pre-pandemic baseline
1.17×Ratio to baseline

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

Pandemic filings ran near 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.

12.5%Housing insecurity
8.9%Utility-shutoff threat
15.8%Food insecurity
12.3%SNAP enrollment
8.2%Transit barriers
9.5%No health insurance
17.1%Frequent mental distress
31.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Riverside Park

What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.2/10. Average gross rent is $1,218, 29% above the Cleveland average. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10.

Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.4/10. The filing record is not thin: 77 evictions over 12 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2006, when 13.8% of renter households were served.

This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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 6.3% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #41,206 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.6/10. It tracks the Cuyahoga County average of 4.6 closely. Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $76,625.

32% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 39035123700

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035123700?

Census tract 39035123700 in the Riverside Park neighborhood scores 4.5/10 (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 39035123700?

Median gross rent is $1,218/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 17% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 39035123700?

14.7% of residents in tract 39035123700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,631.

How socially vulnerable is tract 39035123700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 29th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 26th, household 46th, minority 51th, housing 28th.

Is tract 39035123700 considered part of Riverside Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39035123700 fall within Riverside Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035123700?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 77 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035123700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.27% of renter households, peaking at 13.8% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Did eviction filings in tract 39035123700 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.17× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Cleveland eviction risk, OH), 2020-2021.

What share of households in tract 39035123700 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.5% 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. 8.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 39035123700 compare to Cleveland overall?

Tract 39035123700 scores 4.5/10, right in line with 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 39035123700 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.

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