Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Arlington Eviction Risk: Moderate , Akron
Tract 39153502300 · Summit County, OH · pop 5,108 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
Census tract 39153502300 covers part of the Arlington area of Akron, OH, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,108. 35% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units2,298
Renter share36.9%
SVI overall0.68
Poverty rate21.5%
Median income$59,613
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
80
th percentile
High
Within county
79
th percentile
High
Within state
83
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Akron and the region
Centroid at 41.0841, -81.4760 · click any tract to drill in
Why Arlington scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Akron
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.5
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
21.5% poverty · this tract
5.4
Supply constraint
$928 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Akron
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Akron
4.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Akron
4.0
How Arlington compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 68
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 61%Socioeconomic
- 84%Household composition
- 60%Racial/ethnic minority
- 51%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 21%Grade B
- 46%Grade C
- 13%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)
- 1,196Total filings over 17 yrs
- 7.77%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.1%Peak (2017)
- 70Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 17 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Arlington. 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.
- 19.3%Housing insecurity
- 14.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 23.4%Food insecurity
- 21.4%SNAP enrollment
- 12.2%Transit barriers
- 9.5%No health insurance
- 21.1%Frequent mental distress
- 35.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Arlington
Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.4/10.
Against the Summit County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points. The poverty rate is 22%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.5/10. Court records carry 1,196 eviction filings across 17 observed years.
Against Summit County at 41.2%, 46% of renters here are cost-burdened. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 14.6% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The worst year on record was 2017, when 8.1% of renter households were served.
This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Akron. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 7.8% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 7.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 39153502300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39153502300?
Census tract 39153502300 in the Arlington neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (Moderate 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 39153502300?
Median gross rent is $928/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39153502300?
21.5% of residents in tract 39153502300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,108.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39153502300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 68th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 84th, minority 60th, housing 51th.
Q5
Is tract 39153502300 considered part of Arlington?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39153502300 fall within Arlington (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39153502300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,196 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 39153502300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.77% of renter households, peaking at 8.1% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 39153502300 struggle to pay rent?
About 19.3% 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. 14.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 39153502300 compare to Akron overall?
Tract 39153502300 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Akron at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Akron eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 39153502300 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 13% 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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5.4
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5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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