Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
SoDo District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Akron
Tract 39153504400 · Summit County, OH · pop 920 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
With a score of 5.4/10, tract 39153504400 in the SoDo District area of Akron, OH reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10.
Risk score
5.4
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 parent city
75
th percentile
High
Within county
85
th percentile
High
Within state
83
th percentile
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 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
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 83
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 80%Socioeconomic
- 59%Household composition
- 77%Racial/ethnic minority
- 84%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
- 17%Grade B
- 46%Grade C
- 34%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)
- 963Total filings over 17 yrs
- 24.36%Avg annual filing rate
- 49.1%Peak (2007)
- 38Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
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.
- 23.7%Housing insecurity
- 18.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 29.3%Food insecurity
- 28.2%SNAP enrollment
- 15.0%Transit barriers
- 10.6%No health insurance
- 22.3%Frequent mental distress
- 37.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in SoDo District
SNAP participation runs 28.2% against 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 25%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
15% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.4/10. Against the Summit County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.5/10. Housing insecurity runs 23.7% against 14.2% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 963 evictions over 17 years of observation.
Average gross rent is $1,059, 11% above the Akron average. The worst year on record was 2007, when 49.1% of renter households were served.
This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Akron. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 24.4% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 70% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
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 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 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 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 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.
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