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Census Tract · Ranked #51,553 of 84,120 nationally

Mayfield Heights Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 39035172202 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 4,494

Tract 39035172202 covers Mayfield Heights in Cuyahoga County in Ohio. Home to 4,494 residents, it scores 5.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 60% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 40% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 9% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $984 monthly, set against $48,053 in average yearly household income, roughly 25% of income at the averages. Renters make up 60% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24% Stable renters 36% Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units2,624
Renter share59.8%
SVI overall0.82
Poverty rate10.4%
Median income$48,053

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 6 tracts In Mayfield Heights
High
Within county
41 th percentile
Rank, 41st percentileLowHigh
#253 of 427 tracts In Cuyahoga County
Moderate
Within state
48 th percentile
Rank, 48th percentileLowHigh
#1,651 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Moderate
National
39 th percentile
Rank, 39th percentileLowHigh
#51,553 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Mayfield Heights and the region

Centroid at 41.5087, -81.4446 · click any tract to drill in

Why Mayfield Heights scores 3.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Mayfield Heights
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.7
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
10.4% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$984 rent vs county FMR
3.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Mayfield Heights
4.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Mayfield Heights
9.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Mayfield Heights
4.6

How Mayfield Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Mayfield Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.43.4This tracttract 172202Mayfield Heights: 2.72.7Mayfield Heightsparent cityCounty: 4.04.0Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 82

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

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)

  • 927Total filings over 12 yrs
  • 6.61%Avg annual filing rate
  • 15.3%Peak (2013)
  • 132Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 390351722022004: 26 filings (1.87/100 renter HHs)2005: 32 filings (3.00/100 renter HHs)2006: 48 filings (4.50/100 renter HHs)2007: 47 filings (4.40/100 renter HHs)2008: 49 filings (4.59/100 renter HHs)2009: 65 filings (6.09/100 renter HHs)2010: 75 filings (5.94/100 renter HHs)2011: 87 filings (7.51/100 renter HHs)2012: 93 filings (8.03/100 renter HHs)2013: 177 filings (15.28/100 renter HHs)2015: 96 filings (8.29/100 renter HHs)2016: 132 filings (9.83/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 408% 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Mayfield Heights

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.3/10. 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 Mayfield 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 safer side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 10.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 82nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 39035172202

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035172202?

Census tract 39035172202 in Mayfield Heights scores 3.4/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 39035172202?

Median gross rent is $984/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39035172202?

10.4% of residents in tract 39035172202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,494.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39035172202?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 67th, household 94th, minority 63th, housing 73th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035172202?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 927 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035172202 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.61% of renter households, peaking at 15.3% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 39035172202 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.2% 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. 7.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 39035172202 compare to Mayfield Heights overall?

Tract 39035172202 scores 3.4/10, higher than the parent city of Mayfield Heights at 2.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Mayfield Heights; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Mayfield Heights

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

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