Merriman Heights Eviction Risk: Lower

The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure, at 1.5/10. Running cool is economic stress, at 2/10. At $1,111 a month, rents sit 16% over what the rest of Akron commands.

Court records for this tract carry 574 eviction filings. Severe burden reaches 10%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. Food insecurity affects 8.6% of adults, 9.2 points below the national rate.

Filing activity peaked in 2018 at 10.7% of renter households. 5.2% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt. That places it #33 of 35 neighborhoods in Akron.

Judgments average 2.4% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. The closest comparables inside the same city are Castle and Greystone.

Rent takes 16% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market.

One tract means one number: 3.4/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.