Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally
Royal Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , Cleveland Heights
Tract 39035141700 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 1,400 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
How risky is Royal Heights in Cleveland Heights for landlords? Census tract 39035141700 scores 5.5/10, the Moderate tier. On the national scale it ranks #36,883 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
27% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,719 monthly, set against $110,972 in average yearly household income, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 8% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units639
Renter share8.0%
SVI overall0.01
Poverty rate2.7%
Median income$110,972
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
5
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
29
th percentile
Low
Within state
34
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cleveland Heights and the region
Centroid at 41.4906, -81.5531 · click any tract to drill in
Why Royal Heights scores 2.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
2.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,719 rent vs county FMR
9.2
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 Royal Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 1
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 1%Socioeconomic
- 11%Household composition
- 31%Racial/ethnic minority
- 2%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
- 100%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)
- 59Total filings over 12 yrs
- 34.42%Avg annual filing rate
- 128.6%Peak (2006)
- 2Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 12 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Royal Heights. 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.
- 6.4%Housing insecurity
- 4.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.2%Food insecurity
- 4.2%SNAP enrollment
- 4.2%Transit barriers
- 3.9%No health insurance
- 12.5%Frequent mental distress
- 19.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Royal Heights
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 9.2/10. 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 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 1st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 39035141700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035141700?
Census tract 39035141700 in the Royal Heights neighborhood scores 2.8/10 (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 39035141700?
Median gross rent is $1,719/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39035141700?
2.7% of residents in tract 39035141700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,400.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39035141700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 1th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 1th, household 11th, minority 31th, housing 2th.
Q5
Is tract 39035141700 considered part of Royal Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39035141700 fall within Royal Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035141700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 59 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035141700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 34.42% of renter households, peaking at 128.6% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 39035141700 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.4% 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. 4.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 39035141700 compare to Cleveland Heights overall?
Tract 39035141700 scores 2.8/10, right in line with the parent city of Cleveland Heights at 2.9/10. 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.
Q9
Was tract 39035141700 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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5.3
/ 10 · Moderate
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