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Census Tract · Ranked #55,092 of 84,120 nationally

Berea Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 39035134203 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 3,203 · 97% of tract blocks fall in Berea

Tract 39035134203, home to 3,203 residents in Berea, scores 4.1/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 14% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 0% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $127,135 a year. About 0% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1-10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0% Stable renters 0% Owners 100%
Tract context
Occupied units1,215
Renter share0.4%
SVI overall0.01
Poverty rate2.4%
Median income$127,135

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileBottomTop
#6 of 6 tracts In Berea
Very Low
Within county
2 th percentile
Rank, 2nd percentileBottomTop
#419 of 427 tracts In Cuyahoga County
Very Low
Within state
25 th percentile
Rank, 25th percentileBottomTop
#2,384 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Low
National
35 th percentile
Rank, 35th percentileBottomTop
#55,092 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Berea and the region

Centroid at 41.3774, -81.8796 · click any tract to drill in

Why Berea scores 3.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Berea
4.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.7
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
2.4% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Berea
3.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Berea
6.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Berea
4.4

How Berea compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Berea risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.73.7This tracttract 134203Berea: 4.94.9Bereaparent cityCounty: 5.35.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.54.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 1

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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 · Princeton Eviction Lab

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.

Historic baseline (2000-2018)

  • 45Total filings over 11 yrs
  • 4.59%Avg annual filing rate
  • 8.9%Peak (2005)
  • 3Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 390351342032004: 5 filings (6.03/100 renter HHs)2005: 7 filings (8.94/100 renter HHs)2006: 3 filings (3.83/100 renter HHs)2007: 6 filings (7.66/100 renter HHs)2008: 6 filings (7.66/100 renter HHs)2009: 4 filings (5.11/100 renter HHs)2010: 3 filings (3.57/100 renter HHs)2011: 2 filings (1.23/100 renter HHs)2012: 4 filings (2.45/100 renter HHs)2013: 2 filings (1.23/100 renter HHs)2015: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2016: 3 filings (2.75/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 40% over the past 12 months.
Comparable tracts

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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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Berea

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 Berea, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores well below the Cuyahoga County average of 5.8 and below the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 8.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 39035134203

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035134203?

Census tract 39035134203 in Berea scores 3.7/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 39035134203?

2.4% of residents in tract 39035134203 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,203.

Q3

How socially vulnerable is tract 39035134203?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 1th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 11th, household 8th, minority 36th, housing 0th.

Q4

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035134203?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 45 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 39035134203 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.59% of renter households, peaking at 8.9% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Q5

What share of households in tract 39035134203 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.5% 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. 6.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

Q6

How does tract 39035134203 compare to Berea overall?

Tract 39035134203 scores 3.7/10, lower than the parent city of Berea at 4.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Berea; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Q7

Was tract 39035134203 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 Berea

Top eight tracts in Berea ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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