Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Summit Lake Eviction Risk: Moderate , Akron
Tract 39153505200 · Summit County, OH · pop 1,218 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Census tract 39153505200 covers part of the Summit Lake area of Akron, OH, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. 51% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units576
Renter share34.5%
SVI overall0.64
Poverty rate31.6%
Median income$33,661
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
78
th percentile
High
Within county
93
th percentile
Very High
Within state
83
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Akron and the region
Centroid at 41.0616, -81.5459 · click any tract to drill in
Why Summit Lake 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
31.6% poverty · this tract
7.9
Supply constraint
$1,186 rent vs county FMR
5.5
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 Summit Lake compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 64
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 91%Socioeconomic
- 74%Household composition
- 74%Racial/ethnic minority
- 6%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 45%Grade B
- 19%Grade C
- 8%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)
- 648Total filings over 17 yrs
- 14.83%Avg annual filing rate
- 25.0%Peak (2006)
- 24Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 54% over the past 17 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Summit Lake. 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.
- 25.6%Housing insecurity
- 21.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 34.0%Food insecurity
- 34.6%SNAP enrollment
- 17.0%Transit barriers
- 12.0%No health insurance
- 22.0%Frequent mental distress
- 42.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Summit Lake
Against Summit County at 41.2%, 62% of renters here are cost-burdened. Annualized rent equals 42% of average household income of $33,661, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. SNAP participation runs 34.6% against 15.2% nationally.
Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10. The poverty rate is 32%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Running hot, economic stress reads 7.9/10.
At $1,186 a month, rents run 24% over what the rest of Akron commands. It sits 1.3 points above the Summit County average of 4.1.
Housing insecurity runs 25.6% against 14.2% nationally. Running cool, state political climate reads 2.4/10.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 648 filings here across 17 tracked years.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 39153505200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39153505200?
Census tract 39153505200 in the Summit Lake 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 39153505200?
Median gross rent is $1,186/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39153505200?
31.6% of residents in tract 39153505200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,218.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39153505200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 64th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 74th, minority 74th, housing 6th.
Q5
Is tract 39153505200 considered part of Summit Lake?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39153505200 fall within Summit Lake (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39153505200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 648 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 39153505200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.83% of renter households, peaking at 25.0% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 39153505200 struggle to pay rent?
About 25.6% 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. 21.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 39153505200 compare to Akron overall?
Tract 39153505200 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 39153505200 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 8% 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.
Tract · OH
East End
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · OH
Summit Lake
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · OH
Northside District
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · OH
Cascade Valley
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · OH
East Akron
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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University Park
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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Temple Square
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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North Hill
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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