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Neighborhood · Ranked #56,660 of 84,120 nationally

Brookside Eviction Risk: Lower , Brooklyn

Tract 39035137102 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 4,204 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

For landlords sizing up the Brookside neighborhood of Brooklyn, census tract 39035137102 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 4.8/10. On the national scale it ranks #57,821 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 25% of renter households, a moderate level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $824 monthly, set against $67,737 in average yearly household income, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 48% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12% Stable renters 36% Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units1,955
Renter share47.7%
SVI overall0.65
Poverty rate11.2%
Median income$67,737

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
40 th percentile
Rank, 40th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 6 tracts In Brookside
Moderate
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Brooklyn
Very High
Within county
35 th percentile
Rank, 35th percentileLowHigh
#278 of 427 tracts In Cuyahoga County
Low
Within state
41 th percentile
Rank, 41st percentileLowHigh
#1,867 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Brooklyn and the region

Centroid at 41.4346, -81.7452 · click any tract to drill in

Why Brookside scores 3.1

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
11.2% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$824 rent vs county FMR
1.8
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: 3.13.1This tracttract 137102Brooklyn: 2.42.4Brooklynparent cityCounty: 4.04.0Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 65

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

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)

  • 512Total filings over 12 yrs
  • 4.94%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.7%Peak (2006)
  • 34Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 390351371022004: 31 filings (3.58/100 renter HHs)2005: 45 filings (5.40/100 renter HHs)2006: 56 filings (6.71/100 renter HHs)2007: 38 filings (4.56/100 renter HHs)2008: 49 filings (5.88/100 renter HHs)2009: 47 filings (5.64/100 renter HHs)2010: 53 filings (6.17/100 renter HHs)2011: 33 filings (3.69/100 renter HHs)2012: 49 filings (5.48/100 renter HHs)2013: 36 filings (4.03/100 renter HHs)2015: 41 filings (4.59/100 renter HHs)2016: 34 filings (3.53/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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

The heaviest input here 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 13.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 512 eviction filings here over 12 tracked years, with about 4.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 6.7% of renter households in 2006.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 39035137102

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035137102?

Census tract 39035137102 in the Brookside neighborhood scores 3.1/10 (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 39035137102?

Median gross rent is $824/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 25% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39035137102?

11.2% of residents in tract 39035137102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,204.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39035137102?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 59th, household 83th, minority 50th, housing 50th.
Q5

Is tract 39035137102 considered part of Brookside?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39035137102 fall within Brookside (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035137102?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 512 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035137102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.94% of renter households, peaking at 6.7% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 39035137102 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.1% 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. 9.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 39035137102 compare to Brooklyn overall?

Tract 39035137102 scores 3.1/10, 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 39035137102 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 Brooklyn

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

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