Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #10,727 of 84,120 nationally
Forest Hills Eviction Risk: Elevated , Cleveland
Tract 39035150300 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 1,020 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Tract 39035150300 sits in the Forest Hills area of East Cleveland eviction risk, OH, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.4/10. Population here is 1,020. Severe burden reaches 43%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
7.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36%
Stable renters 30%
Owners 34%
Tract context
Occupied units430
Renter share66.7%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate50.0%
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
22
th percentile
Low
Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cleveland and the region
Centroid at 41.5345, -81.5887 · click any tract to drill in
Why Forest Hills scores 7.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Cleveland
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.7
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
50.0% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$989 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Cleveland
8.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Cleveland
9.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Cleveland
8.9
How Forest Hills 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.
- 90%Socioeconomic
- 32%Household composition
- 92%Racial/ethnic minority
- 44%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
- 67%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)
- 641Total filings over 12 yrs
- 12.43%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.0%Peak (2008)
- 47Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 12 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Forest Hills. 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.
- 33.7%Housing insecurity
- 29.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 46.8%Food insecurity
- 49.6%SNAP enrollment
- 23.4%Transit barriers
- 14.5%No health insurance
- 20.7%Frequent mental distress
- 46.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Forest Hills
The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10. SNAP participation runs 49.6% against 15.2% nationally. It sits 2.8 points above the Cuyahoga County average of 4.6.
The poverty rate is 50%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.8/10.
Cost burden runs 54% here against 43.0% across Cuyahoga County. On the high side, housing-court posture reads 8.9/10. Disability prevalence runs 46.9% against 31.5% nationally.
Average gross rent is $989, 27% above the East Cleveland average. 67% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 641 filings here across 12 tracked years.
Filings peaked in 2008 at 15.0% of renter households.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 39035150300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035150300?
Census tract 39035150300 in the Forest Hills neighborhood scores 7.4/10 (Elevated 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 39035150300?
Median gross rent is $989/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39035150300?
50.0% of residents in tract 39035150300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,020.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39035150300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 32th, minority 92th, housing 44th.
Q5
Is tract 39035150300 considered part of Forest Hills?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39035150300 fall within Forest Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035150300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 641 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035150300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.43% of renter households, peaking at 15.0% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 39035150300 struggle to pay rent?
About 33.7% 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. 29.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 39035150300 compare to Cleveland overall?
Tract 39035150300 scores 7.4/10, higher than the parent city of Cleveland at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Cleveland eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 39035150300 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.
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