Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
West Mentor Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 39085203400 · Lake County, OH · pop 4,089 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Census tract 39085203400 covers part of the West Mentor area of Mentor, OH, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,089. Against Lake County at 36.8%, 11% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units1,820
Renter share21.5%
SVI overall0.21
Poverty rate4.7%
Median income$90,921
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Within county
21
th percentile
Low
Within state
31
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mentor and the region
Centroid at 41.6653, -81.3291 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Mentor scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Mentor
4.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
4.7% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,518 rent vs county FMR
7.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Mentor
4.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Mentor
3.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Mentor
4.0
How West Mentor compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 21
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 22%Socioeconomic
- 27%Household composition
- 29%Racial/ethnic minority
- 32%Housing & transportation
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)
- 158Total filings over 14 yrs
- 2.66%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.6%Peak (2011)
- 5Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 55% over the past 14 months.
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.
- 7.5%Housing insecurity
- 5.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.5%Food insecurity
- 6.4%SNAP enrollment
- 5.2%Transit barriers
- 5.8%No health insurance
- 15.7%Frequent mental distress
- 27.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West Mentor
The clearest offset is economic stress at 1.2/10. The voucher gap is 25.7%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.9/10.
Average gross rent is $1,518, 23% above the Mentor average. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.4/10.
Food insecurity runs 8.5% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 6.4% against 15.2% nationally.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 158 filings here across 14 tracked years. Against the Lake County average of 3.8, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points. Filings peaked in 2011 at 6.6% of renter households.
In a typical year about 2.7% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 39085203400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39085203400?
Census tract 39085203400 in the West Mentor neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 39085203400?
Median gross rent is $1,518/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 11% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39085203400?
4.7% of residents in tract 39085203400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,089.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39085203400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 21th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 22th, household 27th, minority 29th, housing 32th.
Q5
Is tract 39085203400 considered part of West Mentor?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39085203400 fall within West Mentor (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39085203400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 158 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 39085203400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.66% of renter households, peaking at 6.6% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 39085203400 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.5% 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. 5.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 39085203400 compare to Mentor overall?
Tract 39085203400 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Mentor at 3.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Mentor eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Mentor
Top eight tracts in Mentor ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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