Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #53,267 of 84,120 nationally
Castle Eviction Risk: Lower , Akron
Tract 39153507202 · Summit County, OH · pop 3,694 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Tract 39153507202, home to 3,694 residents in Castle in Akron, scores 4.8/10 for landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #57,921 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 34% of renter households, a high level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,078 a month while the average household earns $83,575 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. Renters make up 32% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units1,998
Renter share32.1%
SVI overall0.23
Poverty rate7.0%
Median income$83,575
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
5
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
45
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Akron and the region
Centroid at 41.1098, -81.5579 · click any tract to drill in
Why Castle scores 3.3
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
7.0% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,078 rent vs county FMR
4.5
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 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 23
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 12%Socioeconomic
- 33%Household composition
- 23%Racial/ethnic minority
- 51%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 72%Grade A
- 4%Grade B
- 0%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)
- 217Total filings over 17 yrs
- 2.53%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.9%Peak (2004)
- 9Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 31% over the past 17 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Castle. 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.
- 7.0%Housing insecurity
- 5.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.5%Food insecurity
- 5.4%SNAP enrollment
- 4.8%Transit barriers
- 4.7%No health insurance
- 14.8%Frequent mental distress
- 24.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Castle
The score leans hardest on supply constraint 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 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 217 eviction filings here over 17 tracked years, with about 2.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.9% of renter households in 2004.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 39153507202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39153507202?
Census tract 39153507202 in the Castle neighborhood scores 3.3/10 (Lower 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 39153507202?
Median gross rent is $1,078/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39153507202?
7.0% of residents in tract 39153507202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,694.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39153507202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 23th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 12th, household 33th, minority 23th, housing 51th.
Q5
Is tract 39153507202 considered part of Castle?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39153507202 fall within Castle (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39153507202?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 217 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 39153507202 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.53% of renter households, peaking at 3.9% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 39153507202 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.0% 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. 5.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 39153507202 compare to Akron overall?
Tract 39153507202 scores 3.3/10, right in line with 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 39153507202 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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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