Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Temple Square Eviction Risk: Moderate , Akron
Tract 39153507502 ·
Summit County, OH · pop 4,575 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Tract 39153507502 sits in the Temple Square area of Akron eviction risk, OH, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.4/10. Population here is 4,575. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%Stable renters 29%Owners 43%
Tract context
Occupied units1,504
Renter share57.0%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate28.6%
Median income$41,250
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Temple Square
Moderate
Within parent city
82th percentile
#12 of 61 tracts In Akron
High
Within county
88th percentile
#18 of 138 tracts In Summit County
High
Within state
83th percentile
#554 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Akron and the region
Centroid at 41.1078, -81.5172 · click any tract to drill in
Why Temple Square scores 5.4
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
28.6% poverty · this tract
7.2
Supply constraint
$1,001 rent vs county FMR
3.9
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 Temple Square compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 90
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
94%Socioeconomic
89%Household composition
80%Racial/ethnic minority
60%Housing & transportation
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.
7%Grade A
48%Grade B
33%Grade C
11%Grade D · redlined
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.
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.
25.3%Housing insecurity
19.2%Utility-shutoff threat
34.8%Food insecurity
32.9%SNAP enrollment
16.9%Transit barriers
15.3%No health insurance
21.6%Frequent mental distress
40.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Temple Square
SNAP participation runs 32.9% against 15.2% nationally. The severe-burden share is 22%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
The poverty rate is 29%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Cost burden runs 50% here against 41.2% across Summit County. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.4/10.
Against the Summit County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.5/10.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 19.2% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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. On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 39153507502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39153507502?
Census tract 39153507502 in the Temple Square neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (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 39153507502?
Median gross rent is $1,001/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39153507502?
28.6% of residents in tract 39153507502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,575.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39153507502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 89th, minority 80th, housing 60th.
Q5
Is tract 39153507502 considered part of Temple Square?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39153507502 fall within Temple Square (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 39153507502 struggle to pay rent?
About 25.3% 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. 19.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 39153507502 compare to Akron overall?
Tract 39153507502 scores 5.4/10, 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.
Q8
Was tract 39153507502 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. 11% 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.
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