Trends in eviction filings:
Cuyahoga
26,452
Filings since March 16, 2020323
Filings in February 2025About this county
47.5%
nationally(46.74%)
Rent burdened residentsnationally16.2%
Poverty rate(12.75%)
Eviction Filings and Defaults in Cuyahoga, Ohio
During the COVID-19 pandemic, there was no state-wide moratorium on evictions.
The CDC moratorium was in place from September 4, 2020 through August 26, 2021.
Please note that filing counts reported here only include cases filed in Cleveland Municipal Court.
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About the Data
Please cite the data as: Civil Court Data Initiative. Legal Services Corporation, 2022. (accessed TODAY’s DATE).
Cases filed under a case type containing any of the following terms or with any of the following event information are considered evictions: CVG
Census data comes from the following 2021 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year tables: B25070 (rent burden), B25032 (housing units), and B25008 (renter and total population).
