Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #35,899 of 84,120 nationally
Castle Homes Eviction Risk: Moderate , Akron
Tract 39153505800 · Summit County, OH · pop 4,668 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
For landlords sizing up the Castle Homes area of Akron, census tract 39153505800 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 4.8/10. That is riskier than roughly 31% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 28% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $876 monthly, set against $60,031 in average yearly household income, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 38% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units1,934
Renter share37.7%
SVI overall0.57
Poverty rate14.9%
Median income$60,031
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
23
th percentile
Low
Within county
65
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
66
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Akron and the region
Centroid at 41.0311, -81.5608 · click any tract to drill in
Why Castle Homes scores 4.3
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
14.9% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$876 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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 Castle Homes compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 57
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 53%Socioeconomic
- 88%Household composition
- 43%Racial/ethnic minority
- 33%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
- 0%Grade B
- 82%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)
- 1,750Total filings over 17 yrs
- 10.80%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.6%Peak (2005)
- 108Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 27% over the past 17 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Castle Homes. 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.
- 12.5%Housing insecurity
- 9.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.9%Food insecurity
- 12.5%SNAP enrollment
- 8.3%Transit barriers
- 7.8%No health insurance
- 19.0%Frequent mental distress
- 32.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Castle Homes
What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at 4.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. 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 below the Summit County average of 5.2 and in line with the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,750 eviction filings here over 17 tracked years, with about 10.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 15.6% of renter households in 2005.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 39153505800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39153505800?
Census tract 39153505800 in the Castle Homes neighborhood scores 4.3/10 (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 39153505800?
Median gross rent is $876/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39153505800?
14.9% of residents in tract 39153505800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,668.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39153505800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 57th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 88th, minority 43th, housing 33th.
Q5
Is tract 39153505800 considered part of Castle Homes?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39153505800 fall within Castle Homes (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39153505800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,750 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 39153505800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.80% of renter households, peaking at 15.6% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 39153505800 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.5% 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. 9.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 39153505800 compare to Akron overall?
Tract 39153505800 scores 4.3/10, 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 39153505800 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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