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Neighborhood · Ranked #13,119 of 84,120 nationally

Downtown Akron Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 39153506800 · Summit County, OH · pop 2,559 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Census tract 39153506800 belongs to the Downtown Akron area of Akron, Ohio. It is home to 2,559 residents and scores $1/10, an elevated reading for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #21,928 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

About 49% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $602 monthly, set against $15,857 in average yearly household income, roughly 46% of income at the averages. Renters make up 87% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 42% Stable renters 45% Owners 13%
Tract context
Occupied units838
Renter share87.1%
SVI overall0.81
Poverty rate42.4%
Median income$15,857

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Downtown Akron
Moderate
Within parent city
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#6 of 61 tracts In Akron
Very High
Within county
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 138 tracts In Summit County
Very High
Within state
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#159 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Akron and the region

Centroid at 41.0697, -81.5272 · click any tract to drill in

Why Downtown Akron scores 5.9

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
42.4% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$602 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Downtown Akron compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Downtown Akron risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.95.9This tracttract 506800Akron: 3.43.4Akronparent cityCounty: 3.53.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 81

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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)

  • 1,007Total filings over 17 yrs
  • 10.50%Avg annual filing rate
  • 15.4%Peak (2004)
  • 71Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 391535068002002: 55 filings (8.66/100 renter HHs)2003: 52 filings (8.19/100 renter HHs)2004: 98 filings (15.43/100 renter HHs)2005: 93 filings (20.04/100 renter HHs)2006: 56 filings (12.07/100 renter HHs)2007: 51 filings (10.99/100 renter HHs)2008: 37 filings (7.97/100 renter HHs)2009: 32 filings (6.90/100 renter HHs)2010: 38 filings (6.52/100 renter HHs)2011: 36 filings (5.83/100 renter HHs)2012: 39 filings (6.31/100 renter HHs)2013: 50 filings (8.09/100 renter HHs)2014: 95 filings (15.37/100 renter HHs)2015: 71 filings (11.49/100 renter HHs)2016: 70 filings (11.86/100 renter HHs)2017: 63 filings (10.68/100 renter HHs)2018: 71 filings (12.03/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 29% over the past 17 months.
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 Downtown Akron

The score leans hardest on economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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 above the Summit County average of 5.2 and above the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 32.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 28.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 81st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 39153506800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39153506800?

Census tract 39153506800 in the Downtown Akron neighborhood scores 5.9/10 (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 39153506800?

Median gross rent is $602/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39153506800?

42.4% of residents in tract 39153506800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,559.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39153506800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 81th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 24th, minority 69th, housing 89th.
Q5

Is tract 39153506800 considered part of Downtown Akron?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39153506800 fall within Downtown Akron (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39153506800?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,007 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 39153506800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.50% of renter households, peaking at 15.4% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 39153506800 struggle to pay rent?

About 32.6% 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. 28.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 39153506800 compare to Akron overall?

Tract 39153506800 scores 5.9/10, 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 39153506800 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 51% 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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