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Brittain Eviction Risk: Moderate , Akron

Tract 39153502800 · Summit County, OH · pop 4,075 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

The Brittain neighborhood of Akron is where census tract 39153502800 sits, home to 4,075 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.3/10. That is riskier than about 49% of US census tracts.

About 47% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $957 monthly, set against $55,192 in average yearly household income, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 47% of occupied homes.

Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22% Stable renters 25% Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units1,692
Renter share46.7%
SVI overall0.54
Poverty rate14.2%
Median income$55,192

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 4 tracts In Brittain
Elevated
Within parent city
23 th percentile
Rank, 23rd percentileLowHigh
#47 of 61 tracts In Akron
Low
Within county
64 th percentile
Rank, 64th percentileLowHigh
#50 of 138 tracts In Summit County
Elevated
Within state
66 th percentile
Rank, 66th percentileLowHigh
#1,081 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Akron and the region

Centroid at 41.0686, -81.4470 · click any tract to drill in

Why Brittain scores 4.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
14.2% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$957 rent vs county FMR
3.5
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 Brittain compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Brittain risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.34.3This tracttract 502800Akron: 3.43.4Akronparent cityCounty: 3.53.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 54

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)

  • 770Total filings over 17 yrs
  • 6.58%Avg annual filing rate
  • 8.5%Peak (2018)
  • 62Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 391535028002002: 42 filings (7.61/100 renter HHs)2003: 60 filings (10.87/100 renter HHs)2004: 36 filings (6.52/100 renter HHs)2005: 54 filings (7.92/100 renter HHs)2006: 43 filings (6.31/100 renter HHs)2007: 40 filings (5.87/100 renter HHs)2008: 49 filings (7.19/100 renter HHs)2009: 50 filings (7.34/100 renter HHs)2010: 33 filings (5.44/100 renter HHs)2011: 45 filings (5.56/100 renter HHs)2012: 42 filings (5.19/100 renter HHs)2013: 41 filings (5.07/100 renter HHs)2014: 55 filings (6.80/100 renter HHs)2015: 39 filings (4.82/100 renter HHs)2016: 36 filings (4.92/100 renter HHs)2017: 43 filings (5.88/100 renter HHs)2018: 62 filings (8.48/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 48% over the past 17 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Brittain. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Brittain

The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at 4.5/10. 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 Akron eviction risk, 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 riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 14.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 11.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 54th 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 39153502800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39153502800?

Census tract 39153502800 in the Brittain neighborhood scores 4.3/10 (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 39153502800?

Median gross rent is $957/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39153502800?

14.2% of residents in tract 39153502800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,075.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39153502800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 54th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 76th, minority 28th, housing 14th.
Q5

Is tract 39153502800 considered part of Brittain?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39153502800 fall within Brittain (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39153502800?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 770 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 39153502800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.58% of renter households, peaking at 8.5% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 39153502800 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.9% 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. 11.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 39153502800 compare to Akron overall?

Tract 39153502800 scores 4.3/10, higher than the parent city of Akron at 3.4/10. 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 39153502800 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 Akron

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

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