Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,926 of 84,120 nationally
Little Arabia Eviction Risk: Moderate , Cleveland
Tract 39035123900 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 3,052 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
The Moderate-tier score of 5.6/10 for census tract 39035123900 reflects conditions in Little Arabia in Cleveland, Ohio. On the national scale it ranks #33,695 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 35% of renter households, a high level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $795 a month while the average household earns $60,313 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 35% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units1,265
Renter share35.0%
SVI overall0.49
Poverty rate21.6%
Median income$60,313
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
22
th percentile
Low
Within county
63
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
79
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cleveland and the region
Centroid at 41.4525, -81.7846 · click any tract to drill in
Why Little Arabia scores 5
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
21.6% poverty · this tract
5.4
Supply constraint
$795 rent vs county FMR
1.6
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: 49
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 77%Socioeconomic
- 71%Household composition
- 46%Racial/ethnic minority
- 7%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.
- 0%Grade A
- 77%Grade B
- 23%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)
- 388Total filings over 12 yrs
- 7.40%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.0%Peak (2007)
- 26Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 12 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 155Total filings 2020-21
- 2.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.71×Ratio to baseline
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 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
- 13.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 24.2%Food insecurity
- 20.8%SNAP enrollment
- 11.9%Transit barriers
- 13.3%No health insurance
- 19.1%Frequent mental distress
- 35.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Little Arabia
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. 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 about the same as the Cuyahoga County average of 5.8 and above the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer 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.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.71x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 39035123900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035123900?
Census tract 39035123900 in the Little Arabia neighborhood scores 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.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 39035123900?
Median gross rent is $795/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39035123900?
21.6% of residents in tract 39035123900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,052.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39035123900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 49th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 71th, minority 46th, housing 7th.
Q5
Is tract 39035123900 considered part of Little Arabia?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39035123900 fall within Little Arabia (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035123900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 388 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035123900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.40% of renter households, peaking at 8.0% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 39035123900 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.
Q8
What share of households in tract 39035123900 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. 13.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 39035123900 compare to Cleveland overall?
Tract 39035123900 scores 5/10, 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 39035123900 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.
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