Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #15,522 of 84,120 nationally
Thomastown Eviction Risk: Moderate , Akron
Tract 39153503300 · Summit County, OH · pop 5,051 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
In the Thomastown area of Akron, census tract 39153503300 scores 5.5/10 for eviction risk. It lands near the 56th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 38% of renter households, a high level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $853 monthly, set against $47,575 in average yearly household income, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 47% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units2,206
Renter share47.4%
SVI overall0.81
Poverty rate30.0%
Median income$47,575
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
75
th percentile
High
Within county
88
th percentile
High
Within state
91
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Akron and the region
Centroid at 41.0406, -81.4970 · click any tract to drill in
Why Thomastown scores 5.7
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
30.0% poverty · this tract
7.5
Supply constraint
$853 rent vs county FMR
2.5
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 Thomastown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 81
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 82%Socioeconomic
- 78%Household composition
- 61%Racial/ethnic minority
- 65%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
- 10%Grade B
- 90%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)
- 1,726Total filings over 17 yrs
- 10.16%Avg annual filing rate
- 18.1%Peak (2013)
- 154Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 130% over the past 17 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Thomastown. 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.
- 23.8%Housing insecurity
- 18.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 31.8%Food insecurity
- 31.4%SNAP enrollment
- 15.9%Transit barriers
- 12.1%No health insurance
- 22.8%Frequent mental distress
- 40.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Thomastown
The score leans hardest on economic stress at 7.5/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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 above the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,726 eviction filings here over 17 tracked years, with about 10.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 18.1% of renter households in 2013.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 39153503300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39153503300?
Census tract 39153503300 in the Thomastown neighborhood scores 5.7/10 (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 39153503300?
Median gross rent is $853/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39153503300?
30.0% of residents in tract 39153503300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,051.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39153503300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 81th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 78th, minority 61th, housing 65th.
Q5
Is tract 39153503300 considered part of Thomastown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39153503300 fall within Thomastown (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39153503300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,726 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 39153503300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.16% of renter households, peaking at 18.1% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 39153503300 struggle to pay rent?
About 23.8% 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. 18.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 39153503300 compare to Akron overall?
Tract 39153503300 scores 5.7/10, 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 39153503300 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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Forest Hill
6
/ 10 · Elevated
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SoDo District
5.9
/ 10 · Elevated
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Thomastown
5.9
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · OH
Highland Square
5.9
/ 10 · Elevated
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Sherbondy Hill
5.9
/ 10 · Elevated
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Downtown Akron
5.9
/ 10 · Elevated
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Spicertown
5.9
/ 10 · Elevated
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Middlebury
5.8
/ 10 · Elevated
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