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Neighborhood · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally

South Akron Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 39153504500 · Summit County, OH · pop 1,729 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

Census tract 39153504500 covers part of the South Akron area of Akron, OH, and scores 5/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,729 residents. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10.

Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29% Stable renters 31% Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units665
Renter share60.2%
SVI overall0.55
Poverty rate14.7%
Median income$45,825

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#3 of 4 tracts In South Akron
Low
Within parent city
30 th percentile
Rank, 30th percentileLowHigh
#43 of 61 tracts In Akron
Low
Within county
65 th percentile
Rank, 65th percentileLowHigh
#49 of 138 tracts In Summit County
Elevated
Within state
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#933 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Akron and the region

Centroid at 41.0510, -81.5143 · click any tract to drill in

Why South Akron scores 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
14.7% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$1,068 rent vs county FMR
4.4
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 South Akron compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
South Akron risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.0This tracttract 5045004.0Akronparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 55

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

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.

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)

  • 624Total filings over 17 yrs
  • 11.93%Avg annual filing rate
  • 12.3%Peak (2016)
  • 25Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 39153504500
Filings dropped 43% over the past 17 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within South Akron. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in South Akron

The severe-burden share is 18%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.4/10.

48% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Summit County average of 41.2%. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.5/10. Food insecurity runs 27.3% against 17.8% nationally.

Against the Summit County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 624 filings here across 17 tracked years. Housing insecurity runs 21.2% against 14.2% nationally.

At $1,068 a month, rents run 12% over what the rest of Akron commands. Filings peaked in 2016 at 12.3% of renter households.

In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). 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 11.9% of renter households face a filing.

That is riskier than roughly 61% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 39153504500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39153504500?

Census tract 39153504500 in the South Akron neighborhood scores 5/10 (Moderate 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 39153504500?

Median gross rent is $1,068/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39153504500?

14.7% of residents in tract 39153504500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,729.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39153504500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 45th, minority 61th, housing 15th.
Q5

Is tract 39153504500 considered part of South Akron?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39153504500 fall within South Akron (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39153504500?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 624 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 39153504500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.93% of renter households, peaking at 12.3% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 39153504500 struggle to pay rent?

About 21.2% 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. 15.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 39153504500 compare to Akron overall?

Tract 39153504500 scores 5/10, higher 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 39153504500 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. 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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