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Fairmount Circle Eviction Risk: Lower , University Heights

Tract 39035183300 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 4,476 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Census tract 39035183300 covers the Fairmount Circle neighborhood of University Heights, home to 4,476 residents. For landlords it grades $1/10, an elevated reading. It lands near the 74th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 57% of renter households, a severe level, and 36% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,766 a month against an average household income of $170,357 a year, roughly 12% of income at the averages. Renters make up 9% of occupied homes.

Risk score
1.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5% Stable renters 4% Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units1,706
Renter share9.4%
SVI overall0.11
Poverty rate1.5%
Median income$170,357

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Fairmount Circle
Very Low
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#11 of 11 tracts In University Heights
Very Low
Within county
1 th percentile
Rank, 1st percentileLowHigh
#421 of 427 tracts In Cuyahoga County
Very Low
Within state
3 th percentile
Rank, 3rd percentileLowHigh
#3,067 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across University Heights and the region

Centroid at 41.4796, -81.5215 · click any tract to drill in

Why Fairmount Circle scores 1.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from University Heights
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.7
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
1.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,766 rent vs county FMR
9.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from University Heights
4.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from University Heights
8.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from University Heights
4.2

How Fairmount Circle compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Fairmount Circle risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 1.21.2This tracttract 183300University Heights: 2.82.8University Heightsparent cityCounty: 4.04.0Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 11

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: A: Best

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

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)

  • 54Total filings over 12 yrs
  • 7.26%Avg annual filing rate
  • 22.7%Peak (2007)
  • 1Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 390351833002004: 3 filings (3.03/100 renter HHs)2005: 6 filings (13.64/100 renter HHs)2006: 1 filings (2.27/100 renter HHs)2007: 10 filings (22.73/100 renter HHs)2008: 5 filings (11.36/100 renter HHs)2009: 6 filings (13.64/100 renter HHs)2010: 5 filings (4.00/100 renter HHs)2011: 7 filings (6.42/100 renter HHs)2012: 2 filings (1.83/100 renter HHs)2013: 4 filings (3.67/100 renter HHs)2015: 4 filings (3.67/100 renter HHs)2016: 1 filings (0.87/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 67% over the past 12 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Fairmount Circle. 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 Fairmount Circle

What moves this score most is supply constraint at 9.6/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from University 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.

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

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 11th 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.

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 39035183300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035183300?

Census tract 39035183300 in the Fairmount Circle neighborhood scores 1.2/10 (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 39035183300?

Median gross rent is $1,766/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39035183300?

1.5% of residents in tract 39035183300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,476.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39035183300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 11th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 33th, minority 36th, housing 20th.
Q5

Is tract 39035183300 considered part of Fairmount Circle?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39035183300 fall within Fairmount Circle (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035183300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 54 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035183300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.26% of renter households, peaking at 22.7% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 39035183300 struggle to pay rent?

About 4.4% 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. 3.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 39035183300 compare to University Heights overall?

Tract 39035183300 scores 1.2/10, lower than the parent city of University Heights at 2.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from University Heights; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9

Was tract 39035183300 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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 University Heights

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

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