University Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Akron

88% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. The poverty rate is 38%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. 20% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Against the Summit County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points.

Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.2/10. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 18.1% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Court records carry 662 eviction filings across 17 observed years.

Average gross rent is $812, 15% below the Akron average. Housing insecurity runs 21.5% against 14.2% nationally.

The worst year on record was 2003, when 13.5% of renter households were served. 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.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.