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Neighborhood · Ranked #49,882 of 84,120 nationally

Greystone Eviction Risk: Lower , Akron

Tract 39153507101 · Summit County, OH · pop 5,253 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

How risky is Greystone in Akron for landlords? Census tract 39153507101 scores 5.3/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 49th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 52% of renter households, a severe level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $964 monthly, set against $85,101 in average yearly household income, roughly 14% of income at the averages. About 34% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 16% Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units2,177
Renter share34.5%
SVI overall0.21
Poverty rate10.7%
Median income$85,101

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Greystone
Moderate
Within parent city
8 th percentile
Rank, 8th percentileLowHigh
#56 of 61 tracts In Akron
Very Low
Within county
53 th percentile
Rank, 53rd percentileLowHigh
#66 of 138 tracts In Summit County
Moderate
Within state
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1,584 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Akron and the region

Centroid at 41.1253, -81.5768 · click any tract to drill in

Why Greystone scores 3.5

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
10.7% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$964 rent vs county FMR
3.5
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 Greystone compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Greystone risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.53.5This tracttract 507101Akron: 3.43.4Akronparent cityCounty: 3.53.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 21

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

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.

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)

  • 1,557Total filings over 17 yrs
  • 11.73%Avg annual filing rate
  • 21.2%Peak (2014)
  • 84Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 391535071012002: 70 filings (7.73/100 renter HHs)2003: 69 filings (7.62/100 renter HHs)2004: 77 filings (8.50/100 renter HHs)2005: 105 filings (10.98/100 renter HHs)2006: 114 filings (11.92/100 renter HHs)2007: 104 filings (10.88/100 renter HHs)2008: 77 filings (8.05/100 renter HHs)2009: 90 filings (9.41/100 renter HHs)2010: 74 filings (8.38/100 renter HHs)2011: 92 filings (15.86/100 renter HHs)2012: 113 filings (19.48/100 renter HHs)2013: 97 filings (16.72/100 renter HHs)2014: 123 filings (21.21/100 renter HHs)2015: 104 filings (17.93/100 renter HHs)2016: 88 filings (8.77/100 renter HHs)2017: 76 filings (7.58/100 renter HHs)2018: 84 filings (8.37/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 20% 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 Greystone

The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at 4.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. 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 about the same as the Summit County average of 5.2 and in line with the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 12.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of A ("Best"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 39153507101

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39153507101?

Census tract 39153507101 in the Greystone neighborhood scores 3.5/10 (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 39153507101?

Median gross rent is $964/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39153507101?

10.7% of residents in tract 39153507101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,253.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39153507101?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 21th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 52th, minority 55th, housing 9th.
Q5

Is tract 39153507101 considered part of Greystone?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39153507101 fall within Greystone (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39153507101?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,557 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 39153507101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.73% of renter households, peaking at 21.2% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 39153507101 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.2% 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. 9.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 39153507101 compare to Akron overall?

Tract 39153507101 scores 3.5/10, right in line with 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 39153507101 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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