Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #28,095 of 84,120 nationally
Summit Lake Eviction Risk: Moderate , Akron
Tract 39153505900 · Summit County, OH · pop 2,412 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
39153505900 is a census tract in the Summit Lake area of Akron, OH. It scores 5.3/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,412 residents. 27% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.3
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 parent city
37
th percentile
Low
Within county
70
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
75
th percentile
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 5.3
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
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 46
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 69%Socioeconomic
- 70%Household composition
- 38%Racial/ethnic minority
- 10%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
- 9%Grade B
- 54%Grade C
- 1%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)
- 455Total filings over 17 yrs
- 7.42%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.7%Peak (2006)
- 24Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
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.
- 15.8%Housing insecurity
- 12.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 21.6%Food insecurity
- 20.3%SNAP enrollment
- 11.0%Transit barriers
- 10.4%No health insurance
- 21.2%Frequent mental distress
- 38.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Summit Lake
The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.4/10.
48% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Summit County average of 41.2%. Against the Summit County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.5/10.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 455 filings here across 17 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2006 at 10.7% of renter households.
This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Akron. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 7.4% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 67% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the OH average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.1 points hotter.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
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 5.3/10 (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 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 5.3/10, 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 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.
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5.4
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5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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