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Summit Lake Eviction Risk: Moderate , Akron

Tract 39153505300 · Summit County, OH · pop 1,314 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Tract 39153505300, home to 1,314 residents in Summit Lake in Akron, scores 6.1/10 for landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 77th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 51% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 31% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $597 a month against an average household income of $16,311 a year, roughly 44% of income at the averages. About 79% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 40% Stable renters 38% Owners 22%
Tract context
Occupied units559
Renter share78.5%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate60.0%
Median income$16,311

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 5 tracts In Summit Lake
Very High
Within parent city
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#19 of 61 tracts In Akron
Elevated
Within county
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#21 of 138 tracts In Summit County
High
Within state
89 th percentile
Rank, 89th percentileLowHigh
#365 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Akron and the region

Centroid at 41.0589, -81.5355 · click any tract to drill in

Why Summit Lake scores 5.6

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
60.0% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$597 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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.
Summit Lake risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.65.6This tracttract 505300Akron: 3.43.4Akronparent cityCounty: 3.53.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 91

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)

  • 1,339Total filings over 17 yrs
  • 16.27%Avg annual filing rate
  • 20.0%Peak (2003)
  • 48Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 391535053002002: 118 filings (19.54/100 renter HHs)2003: 121 filings (20.03/100 renter HHs)2004: 116 filings (19.21/100 renter HHs)2005: 110 filings (24.94/100 renter HHs)2006: 96 filings (21.77/100 renter HHs)2007: 79 filings (17.91/100 renter HHs)2008: 58 filings (13.15/100 renter HHs)2009: 59 filings (13.38/100 renter HHs)2010: 79 filings (16.09/100 renter HHs)2011: 75 filings (16.09/100 renter HHs)2012: 62 filings (13.30/100 renter HHs)2013: 73 filings (15.67/100 renter HHs)2014: 61 filings (13.09/100 renter HHs)2015: 50 filings (10.73/100 renter HHs)2016: 66 filings (15.10/100 renter HHs)2017: 68 filings (15.56/100 renter HHs)2018: 48 filings (10.98/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 59% 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Summit Lake

The score leans hardest on economic stress at $1/10. 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 above 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.

The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 91st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

Part of this tract, about 3% 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, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 39153505300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39153505300?

Census tract 39153505300 in the Summit Lake neighborhood scores 5.6/10 (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 39153505300?

Median gross rent is $597/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39153505300?

60.0% of residents in tract 39153505300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,314.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39153505300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 94th, minority 81th, housing 49th.
Q5

Is tract 39153505300 considered part of Summit Lake?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39153505300 fall within Summit Lake (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39153505300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,339 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 39153505300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 16.27% of renter households, peaking at 20.0% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 39153505300 struggle to pay rent?

About 41.0% 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. 36.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 39153505300 compare to Akron overall?

Tract 39153505300 scores 5.6/10, 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 39153505300 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. 3% 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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