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South Akron Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 39153504600 · Summit County, OH · pop 3,469 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

39153504600 is a census tract in the South Akron area of Akron, OH. It scores 5.2/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,469 residents. 15% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far below the Summit County average of 41.2%.

Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8% Stable renters 43% Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units1,542
Renter share51.1%
SVI overall0.67
Poverty rate18.1%
Median income$54,310

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 4 tracts In South Akron
Elevated
Within parent city
35 th percentile
Rank, 35th percentileLowHigh
#40 of 61 tracts In Akron
Low
Within county
69 th percentile
Rank, 69th percentileLowHigh
#44 of 138 tracts In Summit County
Elevated
Within state
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#844 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Akron and the region

Centroid at 41.0536, -81.5050 · click any tract to drill in

Why South Akron scores 5.2

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
18.1% poverty · this tract
4.5
Supply constraint
$956 rent vs county FMR
3.5
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 South Akron compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
South Akron risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.2This tracttract 5046004.0Akronparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 67

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)

  • 1,419Total filings over 17 yrs
  • 11.53%Avg annual filing rate
  • 19.8%Peak (2017)
  • 144Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 39153504600
Filings climbed 227% over the past 17 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within South 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 South Akron

The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.4/10.

It sits 1.1 points above the Summit County average of 4.1. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.5/10. The poverty rate is 18%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Food insecurity runs 26.5% against 17.8% nationally. The severe-burden share is 9%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,419 filings here across 17 tracked years. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 15.0% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

The worst year on record was 2017, when 19.8% 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 11.5% 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 39153504600

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39153504600?

Census tract 39153504600 in the South Akron neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (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 39153504600?

Median gross rent is $956/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 15% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39153504600?

18.1% of residents in tract 39153504600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,469.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39153504600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 98th, minority 74th, housing 7th.
Q5

Is tract 39153504600 considered part of South Akron?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39153504600 fall within South Akron (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39153504600?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,419 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 39153504600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.53% of renter households, peaking at 19.8% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 39153504600 struggle to pay rent?

About 20.9% 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. 15.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 39153504600 compare to Akron overall?

Tract 39153504600 scores 5.2/10, 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 39153504600 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. 37% 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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