Neighborhood · Ranked #33,355 of 84,120 nationally

Summit Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Cleveland Heights

Tract 39035140400 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 3,692 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

Census tract 39035140400 belongs to Summit Park in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. It is home to 3,692 residents and scores $1/10, an elevated reading for landlords. That is riskier than about 74% of US census tracts.

About 51% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,328 monthly, set against $80,927 in average yearly household income, roughly 20% of income at the averages. About 25% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

5.3

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 13% Stable renters 12% Owners 75%

Tract context

Occupied units1,365

Renter share24.6%

SVI overall0.55

Poverty rate5.3%

Median income$80,927

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Cleveland Heights and the region

Centroid at 41.5263, -81.5448 · click any tract to drill in

Why Summit Park scores 5.3

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

5.3% poverty · this tract

1.3

Supply constraint

$1,328 rent vs county FMR

6.0

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 Summit Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 55

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

43%Socioeconomic
48%Household composition
74%Racial/ethnic minority
59%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.

15%Grade A
85%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 · 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)

503Total filings over 12 yrs
9.75%Avg annual filing rate
14.4%Peak (2015)
37Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2004 to 2016

Filings climbed 28% 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.

13.1%Housing insecurity
9.4%Utility-shutoff threat
14.1%Food insecurity
10.7%SNAP enrollment
7.6%Transit barriers
6.1%No health insurance
14.6%Frequent mental distress
25.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Summit Park

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.4/10. 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 Cleveland Heights eviction risk, 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 riskier side for landlords.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 503 eviction filings here over 12 tracked years, with about 9.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 14.4% of renter households in 2015.

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 9.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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 39035140400

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035140400?

Census tract 39035140400 in the Summit Park neighborhood scores 5.3/10 (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 39035140400?

Median gross rent is $1,328/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 39035140400?

5.3% of residents in tract 39035140400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,692.

How socially vulnerable is tract 39035140400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 43th, household 48th, minority 74th, housing 59th.

Is tract 39035140400 considered part of Summit Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39035140400 fall within Summit Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035140400?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 503 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035140400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.75% of renter households, peaking at 14.4% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 39035140400 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. 9.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 39035140400 compare to Cleveland Heights overall?

Tract 39035140400 scores 5.3/10, right in line with 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 39035140400 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Cleveland Heights

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