Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #44,543 of 84,120 nationally
Bedford Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 39035132301 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 3,408
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 39035132301 (Bedford, Ohio) comes in at $1/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than roughly 74% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 42% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,111 monthly, set against $49,358 in average yearly household income, roughly 27% of income at the averages. Renters make up 63% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27%
Stable renters 36%
Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units1,892
Renter share62.9%
SVI overall0.51
Poverty rate11.8%
Median income$49,358
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
47
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
56
th percentile
Elevated
National
47
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bedford and the region
Centroid at 41.3904, -81.5467 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bedford scores 3.8
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
11.8% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$1,111 rent vs county FMR
4.2
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: 51
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 60%Socioeconomic
- 75%Household composition
- 77%Racial/ethnic minority
- 13%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
- 32%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)
- 484Total filings over 12 yrs
- 3.94%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.1%Peak (2007)
- 44Filings 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.
- 20.0%Housing insecurity
- 15.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 25.0%Food insecurity
- 23.1%SNAP enrollment
- 12.4%Transit barriers
- 9.4%No health insurance
- 18.3%Frequent mental distress
- 34.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bedford
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.6/10. 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 Bedford, 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 riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 20.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 15.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 484 eviction filings here over 12 tracked years, with about 3.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 5.1% 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 39035132301
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035132301?
Census tract 39035132301 in Bedford scores 3.8/10 (Lower 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 39035132301?
Median gross rent is $1,111/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39035132301?
11.8% of residents in tract 39035132301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,408.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39035132301?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 75th, minority 77th, housing 13th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035132301?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 484 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035132301 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.94% of renter households, peaking at 5.1% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 39035132301 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.0% 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. 15.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 39035132301 compare to Bedford overall?
Tract 39035132301 scores 3.8/10, higher than the parent city of Bedford at 2.9/10. 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 39035132301 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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