Within neighborhood
75
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #18,240 of 84,120 nationally
Old Brooklyn Eviction Risk: Moderate , Cleveland
Tract 39035197400 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 3,584 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 39035197400 (the Old Brooklyn neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio) comes in at 6.2/10, the Elevated tier. It lands near the 80th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 52% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $910 a month against an average household income of $41,667 a year, roughly 26% of income at the averages. Renters make up 46% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units1,726
Renter share45.5%
SVI overall0.71
Poverty rate22.7%
Median income$41,667
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
35
th percentile
Low
Within county
72
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
87
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cleveland and the region
Centroid at 41.4410, -81.7114 · click any tract to drill in
Why Old Brooklyn scores 5.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Cleveland
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.7
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
22.7% poverty · this tract
5.7
Supply constraint
$910 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Cleveland
2.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Cleveland
6.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Cleveland
5.0
How Old Brooklyn compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 71
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 89%Socioeconomic
- 52%Household composition
- 60%Racial/ethnic minority
- 38%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
- 1%Grade B
- 66%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
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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 380Total filings 2020-21
- 4.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 6.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.72×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Cleveland, OH as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Old Brooklyn. 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.
- 20.3%Housing insecurity
- 14.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 26.7%Food insecurity
- 23.4%SNAP enrollment
- 13.2%Transit barriers
- 15.2%No health insurance
- 20.0%Frequent mental distress
- 35.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Old Brooklyn
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at $1/10. 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 Cleveland eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above 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.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.72x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
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.
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 39035197400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035197400?
Census tract 39035197400 in the Old Brooklyn neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 39035197400?
Median gross rent is $910/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39035197400?
22.7% of residents in tract 39035197400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,584.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39035197400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 71th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 52th, minority 60th, housing 38th.
Q5
Is tract 39035197400 considered part of Old Brooklyn?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39035197400 fall within Old Brooklyn (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 39035197400 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.72× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Cleveland eviction risk, OH), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 39035197400 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.3% 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. 14.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 39035197400 compare to Cleveland overall?
Tract 39035197400 scores 5.5/10, higher than the parent city of Cleveland at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Cleveland eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 39035197400 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.
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