Neighborhood · Ranked #26,932 of 84,120 nationally

Quilliams Highlands Eviction Risk: Moderate , Cleveland Heights

Tract 39035140100 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 1,542 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

The Quilliams Highlands area of Cleveland Heights anchors census tract 39035140100, which lands at 6.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 90th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 45% of renter households, a severe level, and 41% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,224 monthly, set against $62,737 in average yearly household income, roughly 23% of income at the averages. Renters make up 31% of occupied homes.

Risk score

5.8

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 17% Owners 69%

Tract context

Occupied units612

Renter share30.9%

SVI overall0.54

Poverty rate35.2%

Median income$62,737

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Cleveland Heights and the region

Centroid at 41.5402, -81.5509 · click any tract to drill in

Why Quilliams Highlands scores 5.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Cleveland Heights

7.0

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.7

State political climate

Ohio legislature & governorship

2.4

Economic stress

35.2% poverty · this tract

8.8

Supply constraint

$1,224 rent vs county FMR

5.1

Rent control risk

Inherited from Cleveland Heights

5.9

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

1.9

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Cleveland Heights

8.4

Housing court bias

Inherited from Cleveland Heights

6.3

How Quilliams Highlands compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 54

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

76%Socioeconomic
20%Household composition
82%Racial/ethnic minority
27%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
98%Grade B
1%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 · 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)

339Total filings over 12 yrs
18.52%Avg annual filing rate
20.5%Peak (2005)
32Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2004 to 2016

Filings climbed 39% over the past 12 months.

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.

22.0%Housing insecurity
18.5%Utility-shutoff threat
29.6%Food insecurity
29.4%SNAP enrollment
14.5%Transit barriers
9.5%No health insurance
16.8%Frequent mental distress
37.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Quilliams Highlands

The heaviest input here is economic stress at 8.8/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Cleveland Heights eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above 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 B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 54th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

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 39035140100

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035140100?

Census tract 39035140100 in the Quilliams Highlands neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 39035140100?

Median gross rent is $1,224/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 39035140100?

35.2% of residents in tract 39035140100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,542.

How socially vulnerable is tract 39035140100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 54th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 20th, minority 82th, housing 27th.

Is tract 39035140100 considered part of Quilliams Highlands?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39035140100 fall within Quilliams Highlands (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035140100?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 339 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035140100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 18.52% of renter households, peaking at 20.5% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 39035140100 struggle to pay rent?

About 22.0% 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. 18.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 39035140100 compare to Cleveland Heights overall?

Tract 39035140100 scores 5.8/10, higher than the parent city of Cleveland Heights at 5.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Cleveland Heights eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 39035140100 historically redlined?

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

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