1 census tracts · pop 4,198 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.4/10
· range 5.4–5.4
Chapel Hill is a one-tract neighborhood of Akron, OH and houses 4,198 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 5.4/10, Moderate tier. Against a Akron baseline of 31.7%, 54% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
The severe-burden share is 26%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure, at 1.5/10.
This is a renter market: 71% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. The poverty rate is 29%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Court records for this tract carry 1,173 eviction filings. Running cool is supply constraint, at 2.9/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint is economic stress at 7.1/10. Food insecurity affects 27.1% of adults, 9.3 points above the national rate. Filing activity peaked in 2013 at 7.5% of renter households.
SNAP participation is 23.5% of households versus 15.2% nationally. The most recent observed rate, 3.5% in 2018, is well off that peak. At $895 a month, rents sit 6% under what the rest of Akron commands.
Among the 35 mapped neighborhoods of Akron, it ranks #1 by risk, the upper third.
One tract means one number: 5.4/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Chapel Hill vs AkronHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority62%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport79%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Chapel Hill
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
1,173Total filings (sum)
5.11%Avg annual filing rate
7.5%Peak year (2013)
3.48%Latest filed (2018)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Chapel Hill
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
18.1%Housing insecurity
13.3%Utility shutoff threat
27.1%Food insecurity
23.5%SNAP enrollment
11.4%No health insurance
38.0%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Chapel Hill
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Chapel Hill?
Chapel Hill scores 5.4/10 (Moderate tier) across 1 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.
Q2
How does Chapel Hill compare to Akron overall?
Chapel Hill scores 1.4 points higher than Akron overall (4/10). Renters spend 54% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $895 vs $955.
Q3
What is the average rent in Chapel Hill?
Average gross rent in Chapel Hill is $895/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Chapel Hill residents are renters?
71% of Chapel Hill households are renter-occupied (vs 49% in Akron). The neighborhood has 4,198 residents.
Q5
Is Chapel Hill a high social-vulnerability area?
Chapel Hill sits in the 80th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Chapel Hill for landlords?
Chapel Hill carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.4/10). Pop-weighted across 1 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.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Chapel Hill?
Chapel Hill has 3,938 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (44.7%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (16.6%), Black (non-Hispanic) (15.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
