Neighborhood · Ranked #51,033 of 84,120 nationally

Royal Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , 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

Moderate

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.

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 4

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

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 · 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)

59Total filings over 12 yrs
34.42%Avg annual filing rate
128.6%Peak (2006)
2Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2004 to 2016

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

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035141700?

Census tract 39035141700 in the Royal Heights neighborhood scores 4/10 (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 39035141700?

Median gross rent is $1,719/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

How does tract 39035141700 compare to Cleveland Heights overall?

Tract 39035141700 scores 4/10, lower 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 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Cleveland Heights

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