Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #22,681 of 84,120 nationally
Gordon Square Eviction Risk: Moderate , Cleveland
Tract 39035197500 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 3,444 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Census tract 39035197500 covers part of the Gordon Square area of Cleveland, OH, and scores 5.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,444. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.2/10.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31%
Stable renters 37%
Owners 32%
Tract context
Occupied units1,988
Renter share67.2%
SVI overall0.74
Poverty rate19.6%
Median income$54,900
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
24
th percentile
Low
Within county
63
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
85
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cleveland and the region
Centroid at 41.4840, -81.7258 · click any tract to drill in
Why Gordon Square scores 5.6
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
19.6% poverty · this tract
4.9
Supply constraint
$1,058 rent vs county FMR
3.8
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 Gordon Square compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 74
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 85%Socioeconomic
- 22%Household composition
- 53%Racial/ethnic minority
- 82%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
- 51%Grade C
- 22%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)
- 175Total filings 2020-21
- 2.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.49×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Cleveland, OH as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
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.
- 14.0%Housing insecurity
- 10.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.6%Food insecurity
- 13.7%SNAP enrollment
- 9.0%Transit barriers
- 9.6%No health insurance
- 17.5%Frequent mental distress
- 25.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Gordon Square
Severe burden reaches 21%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. This is renter territory: 67% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10.
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.4/10. The poverty rate is 20%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
It sits 1.0 points above the Cuyahoga County average of 4.6. Average gross rent is $1,058, 12% above the Cleveland average.
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. Nationally it ranks #22,681 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Statewide the OH average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 39035197500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035197500?
Census tract 39035197500 in the Gordon Square neighborhood scores 5.6/10 (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 39035197500?
Median gross rent is $1,058/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39035197500?
19.6% of residents in tract 39035197500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,444.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39035197500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 22th, minority 53th, housing 82th.
Q5
Is tract 39035197500 considered part of Gordon Square?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39035197500 fall within Gordon Square (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 39035197500 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.49× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Cleveland eviction risk, OH), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 39035197500 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.0% 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. 10.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 39035197500 compare to Cleveland overall?
Tract 39035197500 scores 5.6/10, higher than the parent city of Cleveland at 4.6/10. 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 39035197500 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. 22% 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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