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Neighborhood · Ranked #26,446 of 84,120 nationally

SoDo District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Akron

Tract 39153504400 · Summit County, OH · pop 920 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

Tract 39153504400, home to 920 residents in the SoDo District neighborhood of Akron, scores 5.4/10 for landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #40,143 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

37% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,059 a month while the average household earns $45,000 a year, roughly 28% of income at the averages. About 60% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22% Stable renters 38% Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units426
Renter share59.9%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate25.2%
Median income$45,000

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In SoDo District
Very Low
Within parent city
42 th percentile
Rank, 42nd percentileLowHigh
#36 of 61 tracts In Akron
Moderate
Within county
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#38 of 138 tracts In Summit County
Elevated
Within state
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#736 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Akron and the region

Centroid at 41.0499, -81.5232 · click any tract to drill in

Why SoDo District scores 4.9

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
25.2% poverty · this tract
6.3
Supply constraint
$1,059 rent vs county FMR
4.4
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 SoDo District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
SoDo District risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.94.9This tracttract 504400Akron: 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)

  • 963Total filings over 17 yrs
  • 24.36%Avg annual filing rate
  • 49.1%Peak (2007)
  • 38Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 391535044002002: 63 filings (20.67/100 renter HHs)2003: 46 filings (15.09/100 renter HHs)2004: 45 filings (14.76/100 renter HHs)2005: 57 filings (41.17/100 renter HHs)2006: 59 filings (42.61/100 renter HHs)2007: 68 filings (49.11/100 renter HHs)2008: 60 filings (43.33/100 renter HHs)2009: 43 filings (31.06/100 renter HHs)2010: 49 filings (14.33/100 renter HHs)2011: 63 filings (18.37/100 renter HHs)2012: 62 filings (18.08/100 renter HHs)2013: 66 filings (19.24/100 renter HHs)2014: 65 filings (18.95/100 renter HHs)2015: 58 filings (16.91/100 renter HHs)2016: 67 filings (21.27/100 renter HHs)2017: 54 filings (17.14/100 renter HHs)2018: 38 filings (12.06/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 40% over the past 17 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within SoDo District. 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 SoDo District

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 6.3/10. 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 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 963 eviction filings here over 17 tracked years, with about 24.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 49.1% of renter households in 2007.

Part of this tract, about 34% 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 39153504400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39153504400?

Census tract 39153504400 in the SoDo District neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (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 39153504400?

Median gross rent is $1,059/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39153504400?

25.2% of residents in tract 39153504400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 920.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39153504400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 59th, minority 77th, housing 84th.
Q5

Is tract 39153504400 considered part of SoDo District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39153504400 fall within SoDo District (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39153504400?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 963 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 39153504400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 24.36% of renter households, peaking at 49.1% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 39153504400 struggle to pay rent?

About 23.7% 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. 18.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 39153504400 compare to Akron overall?

Tract 39153504400 scores 4.9/10, 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 39153504400 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. 34% 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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