Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #69,776 of 84,120 nationally
Gorge Terrace Eviction Risk: Lower , Cuyahoga Falls
Tract 39153520201 · Summit County, OH · pop 3,057 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
How risky is the Gorge Terrace area of Cuyahoga Falls for landlords? Census tract 39153520201 scores $1/10, the Moderate tier. On the national scale it ranks #52,250 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 38% of renter households, a high level, and 10% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,047 monthly, set against $80,000 in average yearly household income, roughly 16% of income at the averages. About 25% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,388
Renter share25.3%
SVI overall0.03
Poverty rate4.1%
Median income$80,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
17
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
26
th percentile
Low
Within state
21
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cuyahoga Falls and the region
Centroid at 41.1278, -81.5094 · click any tract to drill in
Why Gorge Terrace scores 2.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Cuyahoga Falls
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.5
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
4.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,047 rent vs county FMR
4.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Cuyahoga Falls
4.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Cuyahoga Falls
7.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Cuyahoga Falls
4.7
How Gorge Terrace compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 3
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 17%Socioeconomic
- 11%Household composition
- 8%Racial/ethnic minority
- 4%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 68%Grade A
- 1%Grade B
- 3%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 123Total filings over 16 yrs
- 2.69%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.3%Peak (2009)
- 3Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
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.
- 8.5%Housing insecurity
- 6.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.8%Food insecurity
- 7.9%SNAP enrollment
- 5.8%Transit barriers
- 5.7%No health insurance
- 16.6%Frequent mental distress
- 27.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Gorge Terrace
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 7.6/10. 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 Cuyahoga Falls 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 Summit County average of 5.2 and in line with the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of A ("Best"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.4% 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 39153520201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39153520201?
Census tract 39153520201 in the Gorge Terrace neighborhood scores 2.3/10 (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 39153520201?
Median gross rent is $1,047/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39153520201?
4.1% of residents in tract 39153520201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,057.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39153520201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 3th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 17th, household 11th, minority 8th, housing 4th.
Q5
Is tract 39153520201 considered part of Gorge Terrace?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39153520201 fall within Gorge Terrace (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39153520201?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 123 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 39153520201 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.69% of renter households, peaking at 5.3% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 39153520201 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. 6.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 39153520201 compare to Cuyahoga Falls overall?
Tract 39153520201 scores 2.3/10, right in line with the parent city of Cuyahoga Falls at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Cuyahoga Falls eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 39153520201 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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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Highest-risk tracts in Cuyahoga Falls
Top eight tracts in Cuyahoga Falls ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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3.8
/ 10 · Low
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3.8
/ 10 · Low
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3
/ 10 · Low
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3
/ 10 · Low
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3
/ 10 · Low
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3
/ 10 · Low
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2.8
/ 10 · Low
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2.8
/ 10 · Low
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