Census Tract · Ranked #56,265 of 84,120 nationally

Westlake Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 39035189107 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 4,761

In Westlake, census tract 39035189107 scores 4.3/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 18% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 0% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $111,587 a year. About 6% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

3.6

Lower

Confidence 85% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 0% Stable renters 6% Owners 94%

Tract context

Occupied units2,133

Renter share5.7%

SVI overall0.15

Poverty rate4.4%

Median income$111,587

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Westlake and the region

Centroid at 41.4555, -81.8966 · click any tract to drill in

Why Westlake scores 3.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Westlake

5.4

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.7

State political climate

Ohio legislature & governorship

2.4

Economic stress

4.4% poverty · this tract

1.1

Supply constraint

tract rent vs county FMR

5.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Westlake

6.4

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

1.9

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Westlake

6.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Westlake

4.8

How Westlake compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 15

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

9%Socioeconomic
49%Household composition
7%Racial/ethnic minority
27%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
0%Grade B
0%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.

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)

128Total filings over 12 yrs
6.10%Avg annual filing rate
8.7%Peak (2010)
3Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2004 to 2016

Filings dropped 75% 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.

5.6%Housing insecurity
4.1%Utility-shutoff threat
6.3%Food insecurity
4.2%SNAP enrollment
4.0%Transit barriers
4.5%No health insurance
12.5%Frequent mental distress
24.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Westlake

The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 6.4/10. 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 Westlake eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores well below the Cuyahoga County average of 5.8 and below the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 5.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 15th 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, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 39035189107

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035189107?

Census tract 39035189107 in Westlake scores 3.6/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 39035189107?

4.4% of residents in tract 39035189107 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,761.

How socially vulnerable is tract 39035189107?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 15th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 9th, household 49th, minority 7th, housing 27th.

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39035189107?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 128 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 39035189107 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.10% of renter households, peaking at 8.7% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 39035189107 struggle to pay rent?

About 5.6% 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. 4.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 39035189107 compare to Westlake overall?

Tract 39035189107 scores 3.6/10, lower than the parent city of Westlake at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Westlake eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 39035189107 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 Westlake

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