Neighborhood · Akron, OH

Castle Homes Eviction Risk: Moderate

3 census tracts · pop 11,458 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.4/10 · range 4.1–4.8

Castle Homes is a 3-tract neighborhood of Akron, OH and houses 11,458 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 4.4/10, in the Moderate tier. 16% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate.

Cost burden runs 37% against 31.7% citywide, putting Castle Homes 5.6% over its own city. Pulling the other way is rent-regulation exposure, at 3/10.

Court records carry 2,770 eviction filings across its 3 observed tracts. On the softer side is economic stress, at 3/10. The worst year on record was 2014, when filings touched 24.4% of renter households.

Average gross rent is $1,046, 10% above the Akron average of $955. The most recent observed rate, 7.0% in 2018, is well off that peak. That places it #29 of 35 neighborhoods in Akron.

Against average income of $63,015, annual rent is only 20%, a wide affordability cushion. Its 3 tracts score within 0.7 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses. 33% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

With little internal variation, 4.4/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score

4.4

Moderate

3 tracts · population-weighted

Castle Homes vs Akron How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average

% of income on rent

37.3% +18%

Akron: 31.7%

Average gross rent

$1,046 +10%

Akron: $955

Average HH income

$63,015 +30%

Akron: $48,544

Poverty rate

12.2% -47%

Akron: 22.9%

Renter share

33.1% -33%

Akron: 49.3%

Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Castle Homes and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 3 tracts span score 4.1–4.8

Why Castle Homes scores 4.4

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly

State political climate

legislature & governorship · Range 2.4–2.4 across tracts

2.4

Regional political climate

County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 5.5–5.5 across tracts

5.5

Local political climate

Parent city governance · Range 5.8–5.9 across tracts

5.9

Rent control risk

37% of income on rent · Range 1.5–5.3 across tracts

3.0

Eviction process difficulty

State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 2.2–4.5 across tracts

3.2

Tenant organizing strength

33% renter households · Range 4.5–8.2 across tracts

6.3

Housing court bias

County bench composition · Range 4.0–6.3 across tracts

4.5

Economic stress

12.2% below poverty line · Range 2.5–3.7 across tracts

3.0

Supply constraint

Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 2.7–6.1 across tracts

4.2

Risk score comparison

Castle Homes vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Castle Homes?

Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.

Score distribution

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Spread of 0.7 points from 4.1 to 4.8. Tracts are relatively uniform, so conditions feel similar throughout the neighborhood.

Tracts as heat grid

4.8 4.2 4.1

Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.

Census tracts

3 tracts in Castle Homes

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract↕	Score↕	Pop↕	% over 30% on rent↕	Average rent↕
39153505800	4.8	4,668	28%	$876
39153531801	4.2	5,099	38%	$1,135
39153533000	4.1	1,691	62%	$1,250

Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 47

Pop-weighted across 3 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 52%ile

Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden

Household characteristics 69%ile

Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+

Racial/ethnic minority 27%ile

Hispanic + non-white share of population

Housing & transport 31%ile

Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle

Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Castle Homes

Aggregated across 3 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

2,770Total filings (sum)
8.47%Avg annual filing rate
24.4%Peak year (2014)
6.86%Latest filed (2018)

CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Castle Homes

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

10.7%Housing insecurity
7.8%Utility shutoff threat
13.0%Food insecurity
10.7%SNAP enrollment
7.3%No health insurance
31.8%Any disability

Frequently asked

About Castle Homes

What is the eviction-risk score for Castle Homes?

Castle Homes scores 4.4/10 (Moderate tier) across 3 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.

How does Castle Homes compare to Akron overall?

Castle Homes scores 0.4 points higher than Akron overall (4/10). Renters spend 37% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $1,046 vs $955.

What is the average rent in Castle Homes?

Average gross rent in Castle Homes is $1,046/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What percentage of Castle Homes residents are renters?

33% of Castle Homes households are renter-occupied (vs 49% in Akron). The neighborhood has 11,458 residents.

Is Castle Homes a high social-vulnerability area?

Castle Homes sits in the 47th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.

Which tracts in Castle Homes have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Castle Homes is census tract 39153505800 (score 4.8/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 4.1 to 4.8, a spread of 0.7 points.

How safe is Castle Homes for landlords?

Castle Homes carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.4/10). Pop-weighted across 3 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Akron as a whole (4/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.

What is the demographic breakdown of Castle Homes?

Castle Homes has 11,137 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (81.2%), Black (non-Hispanic) (9.1%), Other / Multiracial (4.7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.

Nearby

Other neighborhoods near Castle Homes

4.5 Lawndale 2 tracts · pop 6,491 5.4 Summit Lake 5 tracts · pop 8,291 5.4 Rolling Acres 2 tracts · pop 7,989 5.2 Thomastown 3 tracts · pop 13,866 5.4 SoDo District 2 tracts · pop 3,302 5.2 Tuscarawas Avenue-Alexander Square Commerical Historic District 2 tracts · pop 9,244

Sibling neighborhoods

Other neighborhoods inside Akron

Same parent city, ranked by score similarity to Castle Homes.

4.4 Lawndale 2 tracts · pop 6,491 4.6 Ellet 2 tracts · pop 10,442 4.2 Cedarwood Village 1 tracts · pop 5,346 4.7 Brittain 4 tracts · pop 17,692 4 Schumacher 1 tracts · pop 2,434 4.9 South Akron 4 tracts · pop 11,324

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