Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally
West Akron Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 39153506200 · Summit County, OH · pop 3,411 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Tract 39153506200 sits in the West Akron area of Akron eviction risk, OH, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.8/10. It is home to 3,411 residents. The severe-burden share is 48%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units1,646
Renter share21.8%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate11.7%
Median income$42,972
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
23
th percentile
Low
Within county
63
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
67
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Akron and the region
Centroid at 41.0881, -81.5705 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Akron scores 4.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
11.7% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$1,130 rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 West Akron compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 52
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 62%Socioeconomic
- 72%Household composition
- 85%Racial/ethnic minority
- 12%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 67%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%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)
- 585Total filings over 17 yrs
- 9.21%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.6%Peak (2015)
- 44Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 17 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within West 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.
- 19.6%Housing insecurity
- 14.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 23.4%Food insecurity
- 21.1%SNAP enrollment
- 11.7%Transit barriers
- 8.3%No health insurance
- 18.2%Frequent mental distress
- 34.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West Akron
Cost burden runs 74% here against 41.2% across Summit County. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.4/10. At $1,130 a month, rents run 18% over what the rest of Akron commands.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.5/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 585 filings here across 17 tracked years.
Against the Summit County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.7 points. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 14.7% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
The worst year on record was 2015, when 10.6% of renter households were served. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground A ("Best"). 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 9.2% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 58th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Only 22% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 39153506200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39153506200?
Census tract 39153506200 in the West Akron neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (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 39153506200?
Median gross rent is $1,130/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 74% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39153506200?
11.7% of residents in tract 39153506200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,411.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39153506200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 62th, household 72th, minority 85th, housing 12th.
Q5
Is tract 39153506200 considered part of West Akron?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39153506200 fall within West Akron (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39153506200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 585 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 39153506200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.21% of renter households, peaking at 10.6% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 39153506200 struggle to pay rent?
About 19.6% 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 39153506200 compare to Akron overall?
Tract 39153506200 scores 4.8/10, 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 39153506200 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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.
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5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.4
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