South Akron Eviction Risk: Moderate

58% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Summit County average of 41.2%. Food insecurity runs 43.6% against 17.8% nationally.

The poverty rate is 49%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. 29% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

82% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Set annual rent against average income of $32,552 and the ratio lands at 35%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.

Housing insecurity runs 30.1% against 14.2% nationally. It sits 1.3 points above the Summit County average of 4.1. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.4/10.

The filing record is not thin: 1,312 evictions over 17 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2003 at 19.8% of renter households.

This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Akron. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 14.4% of renter households face a filing.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.