Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #13,119 of 84,120 nationally
Highland Square Eviction Risk: Moderate , Akron
Tract 39153506500 · Summit County, OH · pop 2,425 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
In the Highland Square neighborhood of Akron, census tract 39153506500 scores $1/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 74% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 71% of renter households, a severe level, and 42% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $935 a month while the average household earns $26,357 a year, roughly 43% of income at the averages. About 67% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 48%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 33%
Tract context
Occupied units856
Renter share67.2%
SVI overall0.82
Poverty rate34.5%
Median income$26,357
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
90
th percentile
Very High
Within county
99
th percentile
Very High
Within state
95
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Akron and the region
Centroid at 41.0879, -81.5483 · click any tract to drill in
Why Highland Square scores 5.9
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
34.5% poverty · this tract
8.6
Supply constraint
$935 rent vs county FMR
3.3
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 Highland Square compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 82
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 82%Socioeconomic
- 87%Household composition
- 88%Racial/ethnic minority
- 50%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 22%Grade A
- 62%Grade B
- 5%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)
- 1,431Total filings over 17 yrs
- 13.92%Avg annual filing rate
- 16.2%Peak (2017)
- 84Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 17 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Highland Square. 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.
- 35.1%Housing insecurity
- 30.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 47.5%Food insecurity
- 52.0%SNAP enrollment
- 24.2%Transit barriers
- 14.7%No health insurance
- 24.0%Frequent mental distress
- 48.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Highland Square
The score leans hardest on economic stress at 8.6/10. 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 above 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,431 eviction filings here over 17 tracked years, with about 13.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 16.2% of renter households in 2017.
In CDC survey modeling, about 35.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 30.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 39153506500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39153506500?
Census tract 39153506500 in the Highland Square neighborhood scores 5.9/10 (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 39153506500?
Median gross rent is $935/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 71% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39153506500?
34.5% of residents in tract 39153506500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,425.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39153506500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 87th, minority 88th, housing 50th.
Q5
Is tract 39153506500 considered part of Highland Square?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39153506500 fall within Highland Square (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39153506500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,431 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 39153506500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.92% of renter households, peaking at 16.2% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 39153506500 struggle to pay rent?
About 35.1% 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. 30.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 39153506500 compare to Akron overall?
Tract 39153506500 scores 5.9/10, 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 39153506500 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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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5.9
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