Neighborhood · Ranked #42,813 of 84,120 nationally

West End Eviction Risk: Moderate , Lakewood

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

Tract 39035161900 sits in the West End area of Lakewood eviction risk, OH, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.4/10. Population here is 2,610. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10.

Risk score

4.4

Moderate

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 4.4

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

This is renter territory: 75% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. The severe-burden share is 19%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.2/10.

38% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Cuyahoga County average of 43.0%. Food insecurity runs 10.3% against 17.8% nationally.

SNAP participation runs 7.9% against 15.2% nationally. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Cleveland. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. On the national scale it lands near the 49th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Social vulnerability reads 2.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Cuyahoga County average of 4.6 closely.

Average gross rent is $994, close to the Lakewood average. Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $63,887.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 39035161900

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

Census tract 39035161900 in the West End neighborhood scores 4.4/10 (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 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 4.4/10, right in line with the parent city of Lakewood at 4.4/10. 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.