Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #39,389 of 84,120 nationally
Bedford Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 39035132302 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 1,872
Here is how census tract 39035132302, in Bedford in Cuyahoga County, looks to a landlord: a $1/10 eviction-risk score (Elevated tier) across a population of 1,872. That is riskier than about 74% of US census tracts.
43% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $863 a month against an average household income of $51,231 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 47% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units880
Renter share46.9%
SVI overall0.56
Poverty rate17.3%
Median income$51,231
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
52
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
62
th percentile
Elevated
National
53
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bedford and the region
Centroid at 41.3798, -81.5284 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bedford scores 4.1
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
17.3% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$863 rent vs county FMR
2.1
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: 56
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 64%Socioeconomic
- 66%Household composition
- 72%Racial/ethnic minority
- 23%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
- 42%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)
- 507Total filings over 12 yrs
- 8.05%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.6%Peak (2005)
- 29Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 41% 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.
- 17.2%Housing insecurity
- 13.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 21.9%Food insecurity
- 19.8%SNAP enrollment
- 11.1%Transit barriers
- 9.8%No health insurance
- 17.5%Frequent mental distress
- 34.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bedford
What moves this score most is 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.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
In CDC survey modeling, about 17.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 13.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
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 39035132302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035132302?
Census tract 39035132302 in Bedford scores 4.1/10 (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 39035132302?
Median gross rent is $863/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39035132302?
17.3% of residents in tract 39035132302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,872.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39035132302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 66th, minority 72th, housing 23th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035132302?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 507 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035132302 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.05% of renter households, peaking at 11.6% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 39035132302 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.2% 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.
Q7
How does tract 39035132302 compare to Bedford overall?
Tract 39035132302 scores 4.1/10, 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 39035132302 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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