Neighborhood · Ranked #44,543 of 84,120 nationally

West End Eviction Risk: Lower , Lakewood

Tract 39035161900 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 2,610 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

Census tract 39035161900 sits in the West End neighborhood of Lakewood eviction risk, Ohio eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.6/10. That is riskier than about 60% of US census tracts.

About 38% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $994 monthly, set against $63,887 in average yearly household income, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 75% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

3.8

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 29% Stable renters 47% Owners 24%

Tract context

Occupied units1,513

Renter share75.3%

SVI overall0.12

Poverty rate13.1%

Median income$63,887

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Lakewood and the region

Centroid at 41.4813, -81.8259 · click any tract to drill in

Why West End scores 3.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Lakewood

7.0

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.7

State political climate

Ohio legislature & governorship

2.4

Economic stress

13.1% poverty · this tract

3.3

Supply constraint

$994 rent vs county FMR

3.2

Rent control risk

Inherited from Lakewood

4.1

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.2

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Lakewood

9.4

Housing court bias

Inherited from Lakewood

4.8

How West End compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 12

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

42%Socioeconomic
1%Household composition
4%Racial/ethnic minority
43%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
6%Grade B
56%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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within West End. 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.

9.3%Housing insecurity
6.9%Utility-shutoff threat
10.3%Food insecurity
7.9%SNAP enrollment
6.6%Transit barriers
6.5%No health insurance
17.3%Frequent mental distress
22.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in West End

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.4/10. 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 Lakewood 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.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

In CDC survey modeling, about 9.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 39035161900

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035161900?

Census tract 39035161900 in the West End neighborhood scores 3.8/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 39035161900?

Median gross rent is $994/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 39035161900?

13.1% of residents in tract 39035161900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,610.

How socially vulnerable is tract 39035161900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 12th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 42th, household 1th, minority 4th, housing 43th.

Is tract 39035161900 considered part of West End?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39035161900 fall within West End (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 39035161900 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.3% 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. 6.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 39035161900 compare to Lakewood overall?

Tract 39035161900 scores 3.8/10, higher than the parent city of Lakewood at 2.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lakewood eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 39035161900 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Lakewood

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