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Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Southwest Kent Eviction Risk: Lower , Stow

Tract 39153530502 · Summit County, OH · pop 3,012 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi

Census tract 39153530502 covers part of the Southwest Kent area of Stow, OH, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,012. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1/10.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9% Stable renters 10% Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units1,325
Renter share19.1%
SVI overall0.13
Poverty rate3.5%
Median income$84,473

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Southwest Kent
Moderate
Within parent city
29 th percentile
Rank, 29th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 8 tracts In Stow
Low
Within county
18 th percentile
Rank, 18th percentileLowHigh
#113 of 138 tracts In Summit County
Very Low
Within state
31 th percentile
Rank, 31st percentileLowHigh
#2,197 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Stow and the region

Centroid at 41.1518, -81.4138 · click any tract to drill in

Why Southwest Kent scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Stow
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.5
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
3.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,070 rent vs county FMR
4.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Stow
5.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Stow
6.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Stow
4.5

How Southwest Kent compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Southwest Kent risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 5305023.8Stowparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 13

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)

  • 200Total filings over 17 yrs
  • 3.85%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.2%Peak (2010)
  • 12Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 39153530502
Filings dropped 20% over the past 17 months.
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 Southwest Kent

Severe burden reaches 19%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.1/10. 47% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Summit County average of 41.2%.

Running cool, state political climate reads 2.4/10. SNAP participation runs 4.8% against 15.2% nationally.

It sits 1.1 points below the Summit County average of 4.1. The filing record is not thin: 200 evictions over 17 years of observation. Housing insecurity runs 6.1% against 14.2% nationally.

Average gross rent is $1,070, 12% below the Stow average. The worst year on record was 2010, when 6.2% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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.

In a typical year about 3.8% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 39153530502

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39153530502?

Census tract 39153530502 in the Southwest Kent neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 39153530502?

Median gross rent is $1,070/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39153530502?

3.5% of residents in tract 39153530502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,012.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39153530502?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 13th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 12th, household 27th, minority 13th, housing 27th.
Q5

Is tract 39153530502 considered part of Southwest Kent?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39153530502 fall within Southwest Kent (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39153530502?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 200 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 39153530502 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.85% of renter households, peaking at 6.2% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 39153530502 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.1% 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. 4.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 39153530502 compare to Stow overall?

Tract 39153530502 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Stow at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Stow eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9

Was tract 39153530502 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 Stow

Top eight tracts in Stow ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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