Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally
Lawndale Eviction Risk: Moderate , Akron
Tract 39153505700 · Summit County, OH · pop 2,568 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
39153505700 is a census tract in the Lawndale area of Akron, OH. It scores 4.7/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,568. The severe-burden share is 27%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%
Stable renters 32%
Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units923
Renter share59.6%
SVI overall0.49
Poverty rate11.9%
Median income$47,342
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
20
th percentile
Low
Within county
61
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
66
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Akron and the region
Centroid at 41.0402, -81.5616 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lawndale scores 4.7
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
11.9% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$954 rent vs county FMR
3.4
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 Lawndale compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 49
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 74%Socioeconomic
- 28%Household composition
- 40%Racial/ethnic minority
- 29%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
- 12%Grade B
- 85%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 1,119Total filings over 17 yrs
- 10.49%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.6%Peak (2012)
- 59Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 17 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Lawndale. 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.
- 17.0%Housing insecurity
- 12.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.8%Food insecurity
- 17.8%SNAP enrollment
- 10.9%Transit barriers
- 10.2%No health insurance
- 21.9%Frequent mental distress
- 34.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lawndale
Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.4/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.5/10.
Against Summit County at 41.2%, 47% of renters here are cost-burdened. Court records carry 1,119 eviction filings across 17 observed years. Against the Summit County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.6 points.
Filings peaked in 2012 at 11.6% of renter households. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 10.5% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 55th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.4/10.
Average gross rent is $954, close to the Akron average. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $47,342.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 39153505700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39153505700?
Census tract 39153505700 in the Lawndale neighborhood scores 4.7/10 (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 39153505700?
Median gross rent is $954/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39153505700?
11.9% of residents in tract 39153505700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,568.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39153505700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 49th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 74th, household 28th, minority 40th, housing 29th.
Q5
Is tract 39153505700 considered part of Lawndale?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39153505700 fall within Lawndale (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39153505700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,119 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 39153505700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.49% of renter households, peaking at 11.6% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 39153505700 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.0% 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. 12.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 39153505700 compare to Akron overall?
Tract 39153505700 scores 4.7/10, 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 39153505700 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. 0% 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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Highest-risk tracts in Akron
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5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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/ 10 · Moderate
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