Within parent city
83
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #53,267 of 84,120 nationally
Brook Park Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 39035138105 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 1,359
Brook Park in Cuyahoga County anchors census tract 39035138105, which lands at 5.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #33,697 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 44% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 36% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $851 monthly, set against $65,697 in average yearly household income, roughly 16% of income at the averages. About 46% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units597
Renter share45.9%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate14.0%
Median income$65,697
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
40
th percentile
Low
Within state
45
th percentile
Moderate
National
37
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Brook Park and the region
Centroid at 41.4040, -81.8683 · click any tract to drill in
Why Brook Park scores 3.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Brook Park
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.7
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
14.0% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$851 rent vs county FMR
2.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Brook Park
4.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Brook Park
4.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Brook Park
4.7
How Brook Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 73
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 52%Socioeconomic
- 67%Household composition
- 65%Racial/ethnic minority
- 87%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
- 0%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)
- 315Total filings over 12 yrs
- 14.16%Avg annual filing rate
- 18.7%Peak (2011)
- 32Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 357% 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.
- 12.3%Housing insecurity
- 9.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.2%Food insecurity
- 12.6%SNAP enrollment
- 8.3%Transit barriers
- 8.0%No health insurance
- 17.4%Frequent mental distress
- 30.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Brook Park
The heaviest input here is housing court bias at 4.7/10. 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 Brook Park, 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 safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.4% 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 39035138105
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035138105?
Census tract 39035138105 in Brook Park scores 3.3/10 (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 39035138105?
Median gross rent is $851/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39035138105?
14.0% of residents in tract 39035138105 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,359.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39035138105?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 52th, household 67th, minority 65th, housing 87th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035138105?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 315 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035138105 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.16% of renter households, peaking at 18.7% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 39035138105 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.3% 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. 9.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 39035138105 compare to Brook Park overall?
Tract 39035138105 scores 3.3/10, higher than the parent city of Brook Park at 2.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Brook Park; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 39035138105 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 Brook Park
Top eight tracts in Brook Park ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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