Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #11,930 of 84,120 nationally
Forest Hill Eviction Risk: Elevated , Akron
Tract 39153502200 · Summit County, OH · pop 6,951 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Eviction risk in the Forest Hill area of Akron centers on tract 39153502200, which scores $1/10 (Elevated tier) and is home to 6,951 residents. It lands near the 74th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
61% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 41% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $885 a month while the average household earns $32,490 a year, roughly 33% of income at the averages. Renters make up 67% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 40%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 34%
Tract context
Occupied units2,853
Renter share66.5%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate33.7%
Median income$32,490
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
97
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Akron and the region
Centroid at 41.0966, -81.4898 · click any tract to drill in
Why Forest Hill scores 6
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
33.7% poverty · this tract
8.4
Supply constraint
$885 rent vs county FMR
2.8
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 Forest Hill compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 97
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 98%Socioeconomic
- 91%Household composition
- 79%Racial/ethnic minority
- 84%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 17%Grade B
- 70%Grade C
- 1%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)
- 1,680Total filings over 17 yrs
- 7.85%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.7%Peak (2013)
- 94Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 22.6%Housing insecurity
- 17.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 35.1%Food insecurity
- 33.2%SNAP enrollment
- 16.5%Transit barriers
- 14.1%No health insurance
- 21.5%Frequent mental distress
- 41.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Forest Hill
What moves this score most is economic stress at 8.4/10. 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.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 97th 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,680 eviction filings here over 17 tracked years, with about 7.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 7.7% of renter households in 2013.
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 39153502200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39153502200?
Census tract 39153502200 in the Forest Hill neighborhood scores 6/10 (Elevated 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 39153502200?
Median gross rent is $885/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39153502200?
33.7% of residents in tract 39153502200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,951.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39153502200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 91th, minority 79th, housing 84th.
Q5
Is tract 39153502200 considered part of Forest Hill?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39153502200 fall within Forest Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39153502200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,680 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 39153502200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.85% of renter households, peaking at 7.7% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 39153502200 struggle to pay rent?
About 22.6% 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. 17.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 39153502200 compare to Akron overall?
Tract 39153502200 scores 6/10, 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 39153502200 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 1% 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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5.9
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5.8
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