2 census tracts · pop 7,730 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.8/10
· range 3–4.3
The Kames is a 2-tract neighborhood of Stow, OH, population 7,730. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 3.8/10, in the Lower tier. Against a Stow baseline of 25.9%, about half of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
26% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. The clearest offset is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.1/10. The 2 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 3 to 4.3, a 1.3-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address.
Filings are well documented here: 812 across 2 observed tracts. Running cool is economic stress, at 3/10.
SNAP participation is 6.6% of households versus 15.2% nationally. The worst year on record was 2005, when filings touched 10.8% of renter households.
Food insecurity affects 8.9% of adults, 8.9 points below the national rate. The most recent observed rate, 2.9% in 2018, is well off that peak.
That places it #1 of 5 neighborhoods in Stow. The closest comparables inside the same city are Valley Forge and Partridge Highlands. Rent takes 18% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market.
Average gross rent runs $1,199, close to the Stow average.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 1.3 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
2 tracts · population-weighted
The Kames vs StowHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority20%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport46%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in The Kames
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
812Total filings (sum)
4.89%Avg annual filing rate
10.8%Peak year (2005)
2.83%Latest filed (2018)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in The Kames
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
8.2%Housing insecurity
5.8%Utility shutoff threat
9.2%Food insecurity
6.8%SNAP enrollment
5.8%No health insurance
26.1%Any disability
Frequently asked
About The Kames
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for The Kames?
The Kames scores 3.8/10 (Lower tier) across 2 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does The Kames compare to Stow overall?
The Kames scores 0.0 points higher than Stow overall (3.8/10). Renters spend 52% of income on rent vs 26% citywide. Average rent: $1,199 vs $1,212.
Q3
What is the average rent in The Kames?
Average gross rent in The Kames is $1,199/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of The Kames residents are renters?
41% of The Kames households are renter-occupied (vs 28% in Stow). The neighborhood has 7,730 residents.
Q5
Is The Kames a high social-vulnerability area?
The Kames sits in the 33rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in The Kames have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in The Kames is census tract 39153530603 (score 4.3/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 4.3, a spread of 1.3 points.
Q7
How safe is The Kames for landlords?
The Kames carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.8/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Stow as a whole (3.8/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of The Kames?
The Kames has 7,623 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (82%), Black (non-Hispanic) (8.4%), Other / Multiracial (6.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
