Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Fairlawn Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , Akron
Tract 39153532202 · Summit County, OH · pop 6,799 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
39153532202 is a census tract in the Fairlawn Heights area of Fairlawn, OH. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Population here is 6,799. The clearest offset is eviction-process difficulty at 1.8/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units3,040
Renter share23.6%
SVI overall0.15
Poverty rate8.0%
Median income$93,565
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
33
th percentile
Low
Within state
31
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Akron and the region
Centroid at 41.1244, -81.6177 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fairlawn Heights scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Akron
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.5
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
8.0% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$991 rent vs county FMR
3.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Akron
5.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Akron
5.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Akron
4.9
How Fairlawn Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 15
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 6%Socioeconomic
- 27%Household composition
- 43%Racial/ethnic minority
- 37%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 16%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 404Total filings over 17 yrs
- 2.70%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.9%Peak (2013)
- 8Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 58% over the past 17 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Fairlawn Heights. 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.
- 7.8%Housing insecurity
- 5.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.6%Food insecurity
- 6.3%SNAP enrollment
- 5.2%Transit barriers
- 5.2%No health insurance
- 14.5%Frequent mental distress
- 26.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fairlawn Heights
On the softer side, economic stress reads 2/10. At $991 a month, rents run 20% under what the rest of Fairlawn commands. Running cool, state political climate reads 2.4/10.
Against the Summit County average of 4.1, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.1 points. Food insecurity runs 8.6% against 17.8% nationally.
The severe-burden share is 10%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. SNAP participation runs 6.3% against 15.2% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 404 evictions over 17 years of observation.
The worst year on record was 2013, when 4.9% of renter households were served. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground A ("Best"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 2.7% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 39153532202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39153532202?
Census tract 39153532202 in the Fairlawn Heights neighborhood scores 3/10 (Lower 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 39153532202?
Median gross rent is $991/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39153532202?
8.0% of residents in tract 39153532202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,799.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39153532202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 15th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 27th, minority 43th, housing 37th.
Q5
Is tract 39153532202 considered part of Fairlawn Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39153532202 fall within Fairlawn Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39153532202?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 404 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 39153532202 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.70% of renter households, peaking at 4.9% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 39153532202 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.8% 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. 5.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 39153532202 compare to Akron overall?
Tract 39153532202 scores 3/10, lower 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 39153532202 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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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