Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Thomastown Eviction Risk: Moderate , Akron
Tract 39153503800 · Summit County, OH · pop 4,146 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
With a score of 5.4/10, tract 39153503800 in the Thomastown area of Akron, OH reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,146. Severe burden reaches 29%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29%
Stable renters 33%
Owners 38%
Tract context
Occupied units1,687
Renter share62.7%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate31.5%
Median income$36,795
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
85
th percentile
High
Within county
72
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
83
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Akron and the region
Centroid at 41.0292, -81.4728 · click any tract to drill in
Why Thomastown 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
31.5% poverty · this tract
7.9
Supply constraint
$844 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: 79
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 91%Socioeconomic
- 78%Household composition
- 59%Racial/ethnic minority
- 42%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
- 22%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)
- 1,565Total filings over 17 yrs
- 9.54%Avg annual filing rate
- 21.2%Peak (2005)
- 67Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 42% 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.
- 25.3%Housing insecurity
- 20.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 34.6%Food insecurity
- 36.3%SNAP enrollment
- 17.7%Transit barriers
- 12.7%No health insurance
- 24.7%Frequent mental distress
- 42.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Thomastown
The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10. Food insecurity runs 34.6% against 17.8% nationally. The poverty rate is 31%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Running hot, economic stress reads 7.9/10. It sits 1.3 points above the Summit County average of 4.1.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 20.8% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.4/10.
Against Summit County at 41.2%, 47% of renters here are cost-burdened. Court records carry 1,565 eviction filings across 17 observed years. Average gross rent is $844, 12% below the Akron average.
Filings peaked in 2005 at 21.2% 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 9.5% of renter households face a filing.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 39153503800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39153503800?
Census tract 39153503800 in the Thomastown 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 39153503800?
Median gross rent is $844/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39153503800?
31.5% of residents in tract 39153503800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,146.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39153503800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 78th, minority 59th, housing 42th.
Q5
Is tract 39153503800 considered part of Thomastown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39153503800 fall within Thomastown (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39153503800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,565 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 39153503800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.54% of renter households, peaking at 21.2% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 39153503800 struggle to pay rent?
About 25.3% 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. 20.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 39153503800 compare to Akron overall?
Tract 39153503800 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 39153503800 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.
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