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Summit Lake Eviction Risk: Moderate , Akron

Tract 39153505900 · Summit County, OH · pop 2,412 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

Census tract 39153505900 runs through Summit Lake in Akron. With 2,412 residents, it scores 5.5/10 for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 56% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 48% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $945 a month against an average household income of $45,506 a year, roughly 25% of income at the averages. About 48% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23% Stable renters 25% Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units1,199
Renter share47.8%
SVI overall0.46
Poverty rate17.9%
Median income$45,506

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 5 tracts In Summit Lake
Very Low
Within parent city
38 th percentile
Rank, 38th percentileLowHigh
#38 of 61 tracts In Akron
Low
Within county
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#41 of 138 tracts In Summit County
Elevated
Within state
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#839 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Akron and the region

Centroid at 41.0380, -81.5366 · click any tract to drill in

Why Summit Lake scores 4.7

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
17.9% poverty · this tract
4.5
Supply constraint
$945 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 Summit Lake compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Summit Lake risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.74.7This tracttract 505900Akron: 3.43.4Akronparent cityCounty: 3.53.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 46

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)

  • 455Total filings over 17 yrs
  • 7.42%Avg annual filing rate
  • 10.7%Peak (2006)
  • 24Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 391535059002002: 26 filings (8.49/100 renter HHs)2003: 27 filings (8.81/100 renter HHs)2004: 35 filings (11.43/100 renter HHs)2005: 35 filings (9.81/100 renter HHs)2006: 38 filings (10.65/100 renter HHs)2007: 17 filings (4.77/100 renter HHs)2008: 30 filings (8.41/100 renter HHs)2009: 24 filings (6.73/100 renter HHs)2010: 23 filings (6.74/100 renter HHs)2011: 14 filings (3.29/100 renter HHs)2012: 22 filings (5.18/100 renter HHs)2013: 27 filings (6.35/100 renter HHs)2014: 22 filings (5.18/100 renter HHs)2015: 23 filings (5.41/100 renter HHs)2016: 30 filings (8.11/100 renter HHs)2017: 38 filings (10.27/100 renter HHs)2018: 24 filings (6.49/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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 heaviest input here is economic stress at 4.5/10. 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 about the same as 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 White and ranks around the 46th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 455 eviction filings here over 17 tracked years, with about 7.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 10.7% of renter households in 2006.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 39153505900

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39153505900?

Census tract 39153505900 in the Summit Lake 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 39153505900?

Median gross rent is $945/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39153505900?

17.9% of residents in tract 39153505900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,412.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39153505900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 46th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 69th, household 70th, minority 38th, housing 10th.
Q5

Is tract 39153505900 considered part of Summit Lake?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39153505900 fall within Summit Lake (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39153505900?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 455 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 39153505900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.42% of renter households, peaking at 10.7% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 39153505900 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.8% 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. 12.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 39153505900 compare to Akron overall?

Tract 39153505900 scores 4.7/10, 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 39153505900 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. 1% 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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