Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 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 covers part of the Downtown Akron area of Akron, OH, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10.
Risk score
5.4
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 parent city
70
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
93
th percentile
Very High
Within state
83
th percentile
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 5.4
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
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 81
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 86%Socioeconomic
- 24%Household composition
- 69%Racial/ethnic minority
- 89%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 27%Grade C
- 51%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)
- 1,007Total filings over 17 yrs
- 10.50%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.4%Peak (2004)
- 71Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
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.
- 32.6%Housing insecurity
- 28.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 45.7%Food insecurity
- 48.9%SNAP enrollment
- 24.9%Transit barriers
- 16.4%No health insurance
- 26.2%Frequent mental distress
- 47.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Downtown Akron
SNAP participation runs 48.9% against 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 42%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Annualized rent equals 46% of average household income of $15,857, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.
Average gross rent is $602, 37% below the Akron average. This is renter territory: 87% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 28.7% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10. Severe burden reaches 21%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.
49% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Summit County average of 41.2%. Against the Summit County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
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 5.4/10 (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 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 5.4/10, 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 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.
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