Within neighborhood
33
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #56,660 of 84,120 nationally
Eastern Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , Elyria
Tract 39093071100 · Lorain County, OH · pop 4,730 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Census tract 39093071100 runs through the Eastern Heights area of Elyria. With 4,730 residents, it scores 5.1/10 for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #49,217 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 34% of renter households, a high level, and 9% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,105 a month against an average household income of $78,042 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 19% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units1,794
Renter share19.1%
SVI overall0.07
Poverty rate5.4%
Median income$78,042
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
6
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
44
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
41
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Elyria and the region
Centroid at 41.3591, -82.0963 · click any tract to drill in
Why Eastern Heights scores 3.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Elyria
5.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.9
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
5.4% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,105 rent vs county FMR
4.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Elyria
5.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Elyria
8.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Elyria
6.4
How Eastern Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 7
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 23%Socioeconomic
- 20%Household composition
- 24%Racial/ethnic minority
- 3%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)
- 160Total filings over 11 yrs
- 4.16%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.9%Peak (2002)
- 14Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 30% over the past 11 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Eastern Heights. 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.
- 11.4%Housing insecurity
- 8.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.5%Food insecurity
- 11.3%SNAP enrollment
- 7.7%Transit barriers
- 7.4%No health insurance
- 18.9%Frequent mental distress
- 29.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Eastern Heights
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.1/10. 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 Elyria 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 Lorain County average of 5.3 and in line with the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 160 eviction filings here over 11 tracked years, with about 4.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 6.9% of renter households in 2002.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 39093071100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39093071100?
Census tract 39093071100 in the Eastern Heights neighborhood scores 3.1/10 (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 39093071100?
Median gross rent is $1,105/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39093071100?
5.4% of residents in tract 39093071100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,730.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39093071100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 7th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 23th, household 20th, minority 24th, housing 3th.
Q5
Is tract 39093071100 considered part of Eastern Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39093071100 fall within Eastern Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39093071100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 160 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 39093071100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.16% of renter households, peaking at 6.9% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 39093071100 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.4% 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. 8.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 39093071100 compare to Elyria overall?
Tract 39093071100 scores 3.1/10, higher than the parent city of Elyria at 2.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Elyria eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Elyria
Top eight tracts in Elyria ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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5.8
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.8
/ 10 · Elevated
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Downtown Elyria
5.7
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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Eastern Heights
4.9
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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