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Brittain Eviction Risk: Moderate , Akron

Tract 39153502700 · Summit County, OH · pop 6,186 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

Census tract 39153502700 covers the Brittain neighborhood of Akron, home to 6,186 residents. For landlords it grades $1/10, a moderate reading. It lands near the 38th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

38% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $966 a month against an average household income of $58,645 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. About 32% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12% Stable renters 20% Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units2,857
Renter share32.1%
SVI overall0.70
Poverty rate10.5%
Median income$58,645

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 4 tracts In Brittain
Very Low
Within parent city
17 th percentile
Rank, 17th percentileLowHigh
#51 of 61 tracts In Akron
Very Low
Within county
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#56 of 138 tracts In Summit County
Elevated
Within state
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#1,265 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Akron and the region

Centroid at 41.0789, -81.4500 · click any tract to drill in

Why Brittain scores 4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
10.5% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$966 rent vs county FMR
3.5
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 Brittain compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Brittain risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.04.0This tracttract 502700Akron: 3.43.4Akronparent cityCounty: 3.53.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 70

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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)

  • 704Total filings over 17 yrs
  • 6.31%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.1%Peak (2016)
  • 51Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 391535027002002: 46 filings (7.90/100 renter HHs)2003: 38 filings (6.53/100 renter HHs)2004: 35 filings (6.01/100 renter HHs)2005: 44 filings (9.26/100 renter HHs)2006: 55 filings (11.58/100 renter HHs)2007: 46 filings (9.68/100 renter HHs)2008: 44 filings (9.26/100 renter HHs)2009: 48 filings (10.11/100 renter HHs)2010: 37 filings (5.17/100 renter HHs)2011: 18 filings (1.78/100 renter HHs)2012: 37 filings (3.67/100 renter HHs)2013: 34 filings (3.37/100 renter HHs)2014: 31 filings (3.07/100 renter HHs)2015: 43 filings (4.26/100 renter HHs)2016: 58 filings (6.14/100 renter HHs)2017: 39 filings (4.13/100 renter HHs)2018: 51 filings (5.40/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 17 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Brittain. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Brittain

The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at 4.5/10. 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 Akron 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 13.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 39153502700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39153502700?

Census tract 39153502700 in the Brittain neighborhood scores 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 39153502700?

Median gross rent is $966/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39153502700?

10.5% of residents in tract 39153502700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,186.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39153502700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 85th, minority 47th, housing 44th.
Q5

Is tract 39153502700 considered part of Brittain?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39153502700 fall within Brittain (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39153502700?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 704 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 39153502700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.31% of renter households, peaking at 6.1% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 39153502700 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.3% 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. 9.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 39153502700 compare to Akron overall?

Tract 39153502700 scores 4/10, higher than the parent city of Akron at 3.4/10. 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 39153502700 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. 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Akron

Top eight tracts in Akron ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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