Within neighborhood
57
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Riverside Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Cleveland
Tract 39035124202 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 1,591 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
39035124202 is a census tract in the Riverside Park area of Cleveland, OH. It scores 5.4/10 for landlords. Population here is 1,591. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1.2/10.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units720
Renter share47.4%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate16.4%
Median income$42,813
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
19
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
61
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
83
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cleveland and the region
Centroid at 41.4361, -81.8001 · click any tract to drill in
Why Riverside Park scores 5.4
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
16.4% poverty · this tract
4.1
Supply constraint
$749 rent vs county FMR
1.2
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: 89
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 81%Socioeconomic
- 92%Household composition
- 57%Racial/ethnic minority
- 82%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
- 0%Grade B
- 71%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)
- 249Total filings over 12 yrs
- 8.97%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.9%Peak (2011)
- 12Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 33% over the past 12 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 43Total filings 2020-21
- 0.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.47×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 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.
- 16.7%Housing insecurity
- 12.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 23.2%Food insecurity
- 19.6%SNAP enrollment
- 11.2%Transit barriers
- 13.0%No health insurance
- 17.6%Frequent mental distress
- 36.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Riverside Park
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10.
Average gross rent is $749, 21% below the Cleveland average. The severe-burden share is 11%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 249 filings here across 12 tracked years.
Against the Cuyahoga County average of 4.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.8 points. Filings peaked in 2011 at 15.9% of renter households. 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 9.0% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Social vulnerability reads 9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the OH average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 39035124202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035124202?
Census tract 39035124202 in the Riverside Park neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (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 39035124202?
Median gross rent is $749/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39035124202?
16.4% of residents in tract 39035124202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,591.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39035124202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 92th, minority 57th, housing 82th.
Q5
Is tract 39035124202 considered part of Riverside Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39035124202 fall within Riverside Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035124202?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 249 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035124202 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.97% of renter households, peaking at 15.9% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 39035124202 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.47× 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 39035124202 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.7% 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.
Q9
How does tract 39035124202 compare to Cleveland overall?
Tract 39035124202 scores 5.4/10, 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 39035124202 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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