Census Tract · Ranked #48,314 of 84,120 nationally

Highland Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 39035155101 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 5,607

Tract 39035155101, home to 5,607 residents in Highland Heights in Cuyahoga County, scores 6.1/10 for landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #19,364 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

100% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 52% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,645 monthly, set against $125,707 in average yearly household income, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 5% of occupied homes.

Risk score

4.2

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 5% Stable renters 0% Owners 95%

Tract context

Occupied units2,248

Renter share5.5%

SVI overall0.18

Poverty rate1.0%

Median income$125,707

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Highland Heights and the region

Centroid at 41.5557, -81.4663 · click any tract to drill in

Why Highland Heights scores 4.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Highland Heights

7.0

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.7

State political climate

Ohio legislature & governorship

2.4

Economic stress

1.0% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$1,645 rent vs county FMR

8.6

Rent control risk

Inherited from Highland Heights

9.6

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.2

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Highland Heights

2.1

Housing court bias

Inherited from Highland Heights

5.8

How Highland Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 18

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

15%Socioeconomic
36%Household composition
22%Racial/ethnic minority
30%Housing & transportation

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)

29Total filings over 12 yrs
1.83%Avg annual filing rate
4.1%Peak (2004)
4Filings 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

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.

5.4%Housing insecurity
4.0%Utility-shutoff threat
6.4%Food insecurity
4.3%SNAP enrollment
3.9%Transit barriers
4.1%No health insurance
11.9%Frequent mental distress
23.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Highland Heights

The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 9.6/10. 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 Highland Heights, 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.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 18th 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 5.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.0% 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 39035155101

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035155101?

Census tract 39035155101 in Highland Heights scores 4.2/10 (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 39035155101?

Median gross rent is $1,645/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 100% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 39035155101?

1.0% of residents in tract 39035155101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,607.

How socially vulnerable is tract 39035155101?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 18th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 15th, household 36th, minority 22th, housing 30th.

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035155101?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 29 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035155101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.83% of renter households, peaking at 4.1% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 39035155101 struggle to pay rent?

About 5.4% 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. 4.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 39035155101 compare to Highland Heights overall?

Tract 39035155101 scores 4.2/10, higher than the parent city of Highland Heights at 3.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Highland Heights; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Highland Heights

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