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Brookside Eviction Risk: Lower , Brooklyn

Tract 39035137101 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 2,475 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi

With a score of 5.2/10, tract 39035137101 in the Brookside area of Brooklyn ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 2,475 residents. It lands near the 45th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

42% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $896 a month while the average household earns $56,157 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 64% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
2.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27% Stable renters 37% Owners 36%
Tract context
Occupied units1,254
Renter share63.9%
SVI overall0.77
Poverty rate5.3%
Median income$56,157

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
20 th percentile
Rank, 20th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 6 tracts In Brookside
Low
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Brooklyn
Moderate
Within county
32 th percentile
Rank, 32nd percentileLowHigh
#293 of 427 tracts In Cuyahoga County
Low
Within state
37 th percentile
Rank, 37th percentileLowHigh
#2,004 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Brooklyn and the region

Centroid at 41.4424, -81.7554 · click any tract to drill in

Why Brookside scores 2.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Brooklyn
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.7
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
5.3% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$896 rent vs county FMR
2.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Brooklyn
2.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Brooklyn
8.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Brooklyn
3.4

How Brookside compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Brookside risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 2.92.9This tracttract 137101Brooklyn: 2.42.4Brooklynparent cityCounty: 4.04.0Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 77

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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

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)

  • 461Total filings over 12 yrs
  • 5.15%Avg annual filing rate
  • 9.5%Peak (2012)
  • 59Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 390351371012004: 14 filings (1.64/100 renter HHs)2005: 19 filings (2.54/100 renter HHs)2006: 22 filings (2.94/100 renter HHs)2007: 22 filings (2.94/100 renter HHs)2008: 30 filings (4.01/100 renter HHs)2009: 25 filings (3.34/100 renter HHs)2010: 45 filings (5.45/100 renter HHs)2011: 46 filings (6.44/100 renter HHs)2012: 68 filings (9.52/100 renter HHs)2013: 49 filings (6.86/100 renter HHs)2015: 62 filings (8.68/100 renter HHs)2016: 59 filings (7.48/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 321% over the past 12 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Brookside. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Brookside

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

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

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 461 eviction filings here over 12 tracked years, with about 5.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 9.5% of renter households in 2012.

The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 77th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 39035137101

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035137101?

Census tract 39035137101 in the Brookside neighborhood scores 2.9/10 (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 39035137101?

Median gross rent is $896/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39035137101?

5.3% of residents in tract 39035137101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,475.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39035137101?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 71th, household 81th, minority 66th, housing 66th.
Q5

Is tract 39035137101 considered part of Brookside?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39035137101 fall within Brookside (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035137101?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 461 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035137101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.15% of renter households, peaking at 9.5% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 39035137101 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.4% 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. 10.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 39035137101 compare to Brooklyn overall?

Tract 39035137101 scores 2.9/10, higher than the parent city of Brooklyn at 2.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Brooklyn; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9

Was tract 39035137101 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 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 Brooklyn

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

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