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Summit Lake Eviction Risk: Moderate , Akron

Tract 39153505500 · Summit County, OH · pop 2,258 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

The Moderate-tier score of 5.7/10 for census tract 39153505500 reflects conditions in the Summit Lake area of Akron, Ohio. That is riskier than about 64% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 63% of renter households, a severe level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $993 monthly, set against $40,447 in average yearly household income, roughly 29% of income at the averages. Renters make up 51% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32% Stable renters 19% Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units1,096
Renter share51.2%
SVI overall0.55
Poverty rate22.1%
Median income$40,447

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
25 th percentile
Rank, 25th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 5 tracts In Summit Lake
Low
Within parent city
47 th percentile
Rank, 47th percentileLowHigh
#33 of 61 tracts In Akron
Moderate
Within county
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#31 of 138 tracts In Summit County
High
Within state
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#622 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Akron and the region

Centroid at 41.0504, -81.5530 · click any tract to drill in

Why Summit Lake scores 5.1

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
22.1% poverty · this tract
5.5
Supply constraint
$993 rent vs county FMR
3.8
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 Summit Lake compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Summit Lake risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.15.1This tracttract 505500Akron: 3.43.4Akronparent cityCounty: 3.53.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg 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: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. 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)

  • 813Total filings over 17 yrs
  • 13.00%Avg annual filing rate
  • 15.7%Peak (2017)
  • 50Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 391535055002002: 43 filings (14.68/100 renter HHs)2003: 46 filings (15.70/100 renter HHs)2004: 39 filings (13.31/100 renter HHs)2005: 48 filings (15.53/100 renter HHs)2006: 61 filings (19.74/100 renter HHs)2007: 41 filings (13.27/100 renter HHs)2008: 42 filings (13.59/100 renter HHs)2009: 46 filings (14.89/100 renter HHs)2010: 32 filings (8.49/100 renter HHs)2011: 43 filings (9.51/100 renter HHs)2012: 55 filings (12.17/100 renter HHs)2013: 56 filings (12.39/100 renter HHs)2014: 44 filings (9.73/100 renter HHs)2015: 40 filings (8.85/100 renter HHs)2016: 56 filings (12.36/100 renter HHs)2017: 71 filings (15.67/100 renter HHs)2018: 50 filings (11.04/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 16% over the past 17 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Summit Lake. 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 Summit Lake

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 5.5/10. 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 predominantly White and ranks around the 55th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 813 eviction filings here over 17 tracked years, with about 13.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 15.7% of renter households in 2017.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 39153505500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39153505500?

Census tract 39153505500 in the Summit Lake neighborhood scores 5.1/10 (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 39153505500?

Median gross rent is $993/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39153505500?

22.1% of residents in tract 39153505500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,258.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39153505500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 37th, minority 50th, housing 20th.
Q5

Is tract 39153505500 considered part of Summit Lake?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39153505500 fall within Summit Lake (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39153505500?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 813 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 39153505500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.00% of renter households, peaking at 15.7% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 39153505500 struggle to pay rent?

About 19.3% 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. 14.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 39153505500 compare to Akron overall?

Tract 39153505500 scores 5.1/10, 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 39153505500 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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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