Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
University Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Akron
Tract 39153501700 · Summit County, OH · pop 1,351 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
With a score of 5.4/10, tract 39153501700 in the University Park area of Akron, OH reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,351 residents. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 34%
Stable renters 55%
Owners 11%
Tract context
Occupied units493
Renter share89.0%
SVI overall0.67
Poverty rate50.8%
Median income$41,745
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
75
th percentile
High
Within state
83
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Akron and the region
Centroid at 41.0684, -81.5140 · click any tract to drill in
Why University Park scores 5.4
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
50.8% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$918 rent vs county FMR
3.1
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 University Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 67
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 90%Socioeconomic
- 14%Household composition
- 44%Racial/ethnic minority
- 63%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
- 0%Grade B
- 94%Grade C
- 2%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)
- 1,042Total filings over 17 yrs
- 12.05%Avg annual filing rate
- 21.3%Peak (2005)
- 29Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 73% over the past 17 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within University Park. 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.
- 21.8%Housing insecurity
- 17.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 31.6%Food insecurity
- 29.4%SNAP enrollment
- 19.7%Transit barriers
- 11.8%No health insurance
- 28.9%Frequent mental distress
- 38.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in University Park
The poverty rate is 51%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. This is renter territory: 89% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
The severe-burden share is 22%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.
Against the Summit County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.4/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,042 filings here across 17 tracked years.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 17.6% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Housing insecurity runs 21.8% against 14.2% nationally.
Filings peaked in 2005 at 21.3% of renter households. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). 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 12.0% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.1/10.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 39153501700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39153501700?
Census tract 39153501700 in the University Park 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 39153501700?
Median gross rent is $918/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39153501700?
50.8% of residents in tract 39153501700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,351.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39153501700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 14th, minority 44th, housing 63th.
Q5
Is tract 39153501700 considered part of University Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39153501700 fall within University Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39153501700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,042 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 39153501700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.05% of renter households, peaking at 21.3% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 39153501700 struggle to pay rent?
About 21.8% 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. 17.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 39153501700 compare to Akron overall?
Tract 39153501700 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.
Q9
Was tract 39153501700 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. 2% 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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