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East Akron Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 39153503500 · Summit County, OH · pop 3,009 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Eviction risk in East Akron in Akron centers on tract 39153503500, which scores 5.8/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 3,009 residents. That is riskier than roughly 67% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 49% 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 rent runs $797 a month against an average household income of $33,991 a year, roughly 28% of income at the averages. About 46% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23% Stable renters 23% Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units1,465
Renter share46.1%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate29.2%
Median income$33,991

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In East Akron
Very High
Within parent city
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#11 of 61 tracts In Akron
High
Within county
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#11 of 138 tracts In Summit County
Very High
Within state
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#228 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Akron and the region

Centroid at 41.0494, -81.4839 · click any tract to drill in

Why East Akron scores 5.8

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
29.2% poverty · this tract
7.3
Supply constraint
$797 rent vs county FMR
2.0
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 East Akron compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
East Akron risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.85.8This tracttract 503500Akron: 3.43.4Akronparent cityCounty: 3.53.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 83

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)

  • 1,626Total filings over 17 yrs
  • 15.49%Avg annual filing rate
  • 20.1%Peak (2005)
  • 88Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 391535035002002: 73 filings (13.08/100 renter HHs)2003: 77 filings (13.80/100 renter HHs)2004: 106 filings (19.00/100 renter HHs)2005: 133 filings (20.09/100 renter HHs)2006: 93 filings (14.05/100 renter HHs)2007: 87 filings (13.14/100 renter HHs)2008: 103 filings (15.56/100 renter HHs)2009: 65 filings (9.82/100 renter HHs)2010: 88 filings (11.33/100 renter HHs)2011: 102 filings (17.00/100 renter HHs)2012: 103 filings (17.17/100 renter HHs)2013: 102 filings (17.00/100 renter HHs)2014: 97 filings (16.17/100 renter HHs)2015: 102 filings (17.00/100 renter HHs)2016: 127 filings (21.17/100 renter HHs)2017: 80 filings (13.33/100 renter HHs)2018: 88 filings (14.67/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 21% over the past 17 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within East Akron. 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 East Akron

The heaviest input here is economic stress at 7.3/10. 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 above 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 26.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 21.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

Part of this tract, about 17% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 39153503500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39153503500?

Census tract 39153503500 in the East Akron neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (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 39153503500?

Median gross rent is $797/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39153503500?

29.2% of residents in tract 39153503500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,009.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39153503500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 63th, minority 75th, housing 79th.
Q5

Is tract 39153503500 considered part of East Akron?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39153503500 fall within East Akron (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39153503500?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,626 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 39153503500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 15.49% of renter households, peaking at 20.1% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 39153503500 struggle to pay rent?

About 26.8% 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. 21.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 39153503500 compare to Akron overall?

Tract 39153503500 scores 5.8/10, 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 39153503500 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. 17% 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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