Summit Lake Eviction Risk: Moderate , Akron

SNAP participation runs 62.8% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 57.3% against 17.8% nationally. The poverty rate is 60%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

31% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Set annual rent against average income of $16,311 and the ratio lands at 44%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.

At $597 a month, rents run 37% under what the rest of Akron commands. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1/10. 79% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

Against Summit County at 41.2%, roughly one in two of renters here are cost-burdened. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. It sits 1.3 points above the Summit County average of 4.1.

The filing record is not thin: 1,339 evictions over 17 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2003 at 20.0% of renter households.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.