Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #41,206 of 84,120 nationally
Bedford Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 39035132100 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 4,361
Census tract 39035132100 covers part of Bedford, OH, and scores 4.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,361 residents. 36% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units2,039
Renter share41.9%
SVI overall0.55
Poverty rate15.3%
Median income$63,467
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
49
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
62
th percentile
Elevated
National
51
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bedford and the region
Centroid at 41.4035, -81.5355 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bedford scores 4.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Bedford
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.7
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
15.3% poverty · this tract
3.8
Supply constraint
$879 rent vs county FMR
2.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bedford
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bedford
8.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bedford
6.1
How Bedford compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 55
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 53%Socioeconomic
- 39%Household composition
- 76%Racial/ethnic minority
- 50%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
- 22%Grade B
- 49%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)
- 864Total filings over 12 yrs
- 7.53%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.1%Peak (2008)
- 77Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 12 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 16.3%Housing insecurity
- 12.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.8%Food insecurity
- 17.0%SNAP enrollment
- 10.1%Transit barriers
- 8.0%No health insurance
- 16.5%Frequent mental distress
- 32.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bedford
Against Cuyahoga County at 43.0%, 57% of renters here are cost-burdened. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.6/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.2/10.
Average gross rent is $879, 17% below the Bedford average. The filing record is not thin: 864 evictions over 12 years of observation.
The worst year on record was 2008, when 9.1% of renter households were served. 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 7.5% 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 5.9/10.
Against average income of $63,467, annual rent is just 17%. It tracks the Cuyahoga County average of 4.6 closely.
42% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 39035132100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035132100?
Census tract 39035132100 in Bedford 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.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 39035132100?
Median gross rent is $879/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39035132100?
15.3% of residents in tract 39035132100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,361.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39035132100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 39th, minority 76th, housing 50th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035132100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 864 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035132100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.53% of renter households, peaking at 9.1% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 39035132100 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.3% 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. 12.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 39035132100 compare to Bedford overall?
Tract 39035132100 scores 4.5/10, higher than the parent city of Bedford at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bedford; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 39035132100 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 Bedford
Top eight tracts in Bedford ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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