Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #63,481 of 84,120 nationally
Portage Lakes Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 39153531802 · Summit County, OH · pop 4,163 · 38% of tract blocks fall in Portage Lakes
Tract 39153531802 covers Portage Lakes in Ohio. Home to 4,163 residents, it scores 4.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 34% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 34% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 4% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $823 monthly, set against $74,200 in average yearly household income, roughly 13% of income at the averages. Renters make up 29% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units1,786
Renter share28.8%
SVI overall0.40
Poverty rate8.8%
Median income$74,200
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
40
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
31
th percentile
Low
National
25
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Portage Lakes and the region
Centroid at 41.0095, -81.5075 · click any tract to drill in
Why Portage Lakes scores 2.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Portage Lakes
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.5
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
8.8% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$823 rent vs county FMR
2.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Portage Lakes
3.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Portage Lakes
7.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Portage Lakes
4.4
How Portage Lakes compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 40
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 35%Socioeconomic
- 47%Household composition
- 22%Racial/ethnic minority
- 54%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 4%Grade B
- 18%Grade C
- 0%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.
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)
- 290Total filings over 17 yrs
- 3.97%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.4%Peak (2016)
- 16Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 17 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 9.8%Housing insecurity
- 7.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.0%Food insecurity
- 9.6%SNAP enrollment
- 6.7%Transit barriers
- 6.9%No health insurance
- 17.3%Frequent mental distress
- 30.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Portage Lakes
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 7.3/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Portage Lakes, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Summit County average of 5.2 and in line with the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 9.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 40th 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 39153531802
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39153531802?
Census tract 39153531802 in Portage Lakes scores 2.7/10 (Lower 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 39153531802?
Median gross rent is $823/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39153531802?
8.8% of residents in tract 39153531802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,163.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39153531802?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 47th, minority 22th, housing 54th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39153531802?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 290 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 39153531802 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.97% of renter households, peaking at 4.4% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 39153531802 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.8% 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. 7.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 39153531802 compare to Portage Lakes overall?
Tract 39153531802 scores 2.7/10, right in line with the parent city of Portage Lakes at 2.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Portage Lakes; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 39153531802 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 Portage Lakes
Top eight tracts in Portage Lakes ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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