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Neighborhood · Ranked #44,543 of 84,120 nationally

Lincoln Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , Cleveland

Tract 39035197800 · Cuyahoga County, OH · pop 3,047 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

How risky is the Lincoln Heights neighborhood of Cleveland for landlords? Census tract 39035197800 scores 5.6/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 60th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 36% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,415 a month while the average household earns $84,185 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. About 72% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26% Stable renters 46% Owners 28%
Tract context
Occupied units1,823
Renter share72.0%
SVI overall0.16
Poverty rate10.2%
Median income$84,185

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Lincoln Heights
Moderate
Within parent city
3 th percentile
Rank, 3rd percentileLowHigh
#154 of 159 tracts In Cleveland
Very Low
Within county
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#230 of 427 tracts In Cuyahoga County
Moderate
Within state
56 th percentile
Rank, 56th percentileLowHigh
#1,379 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Cleveland and the region

Centroid at 41.4833, -81.6866 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lincoln Heights scores 3.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
10.2% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,415 rent vs county FMR
6.7
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 Lincoln Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Lincoln Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.83.8This tracttract 197800Cleveland: 3.73.7Clevelandparent cityCounty: 4.04.0Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 16

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 68Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.9Avg monthly (observed)
  • 2.1Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.41×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline2020-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-08-01: 1 filings (0.31× baseline)2020-09-01: 1 filings (0.29× baseline)2020-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-11-01: 1 filings (0.40× baseline)2020-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-01-01: 2 filings (0.89× baseline)2021-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-06-01: 1 filings (0.50× baseline)2021-07-01: 1 filings (0.57× baseline)2021-08-01: 1 filings (0.31× baseline)2021-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-10-01: 1 filings (0.36× baseline)2021-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-01-01: 1 filings (0.44× baseline)2022-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-04-01: 1 filings (1.00× baseline)2022-05-01: 2 filings (0.73× baseline)2022-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-07-01: 1 filings (0.57× baseline)2022-08-01: 2 filings (0.62× baseline)2022-09-01: 1 filings (0.29× baseline)2022-10-01: 1 filings (0.36× baseline)2022-11-01: 2 filings (0.80× baseline)2022-12-01: 1 filings (0.80× baseline)2023-01-01: 2 filings (0.89× baseline)2023-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-04-01: 1 filings (1.00× baseline)2023-05-01: 2 filings (0.73× baseline)2023-06-01: 2 filings (1.00× baseline)2023-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-08-01: 3 filings (0.92× baseline)2023-09-01: 1 filings (0.29× baseline)2023-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-11-01: 1 filings (0.40× baseline)2023-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-02-01: 3 filings (1.33× baseline)2024-03-01: 3 filings (1.33× baseline)2024-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-05-01: 1 filings (0.36× baseline)2024-06-01: 3 filings (1.50× baseline)2024-07-01: 1 filings (0.57× baseline)2024-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-09-01: 1 filings (0.29× baseline)2024-10-01: 1 filings (0.36× baseline)2024-11-01: 1 filings (0.40× baseline)2024-12-01: 1 filings (0.80× baseline)2025-01-01: 2 filings (0.89× baseline)2025-02-01: 1 filings (0.44× baseline)2025-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-04-01: 2 filings (2.00× baseline)2025-05-01: 1 filings (0.36× baseline)2025-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-07-01: 2 filings (1.14× baseline)2025-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-09-01: 1 filings (0.29× baseline)2025-10-01: 3 filings (1.09× baseline)2025-11-01: 2 filings (0.80× baseline)2025-12-01: 4 filings (3.20× baseline)2026-01-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2026-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2026-03-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2026-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2026-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lincoln Heights

What moves this score most is supply constraint at 6.7/10. 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 Cleveland eviction risk, 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.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 16th 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.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 36% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 39035197800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39035197800?

Census tract 39035197800 in the Lincoln Heights neighborhood scores 3.8/10 (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 39035197800?

Median gross rent is $1,415/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39035197800?

10.2% of residents in tract 39035197800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,047.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39035197800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 16th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 31th, household 1th, minority 34th, housing 50th.
Q5

Is tract 39035197800 considered part of Lincoln Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39035197800 fall within Lincoln Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 39035197800 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.41× 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 39035197800 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.5% 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. 6.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 39035197800 compare to Cleveland overall?

Tract 39035197800 scores 3.8/10, right in line with 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 39035197800 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 36% 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 Cleveland

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

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