Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #59,654 of 84,120 nationally
Merriman Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , Akron
Tract 39153507203 · Summit County, OH · pop 4,138 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Census tract 39153507203 covers part of the Merriman Heights area of Akron, OH, and scores 3.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,138 residents. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units1,998
Renter share33.7%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate8.1%
Median income$82,768
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
7
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
42
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
40
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Akron and the region
Centroid at 41.1205, -81.5420 · click any tract to drill in
Why Merriman Heights scores 3.4
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
8.1% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,111 rent vs county FMR
4.8
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 Merriman Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 17
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 14%Socioeconomic
- 42%Household composition
- 37%Racial/ethnic minority
- 18%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.
- 44%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 2%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)
- 574Total filings over 17 yrs
- 6.05%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.7%Peak (2018)
- 68Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 278% over the past 17 months.
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.
- 8.1%Housing insecurity
- 5.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.6%Food insecurity
- 6.3%SNAP enrollment
- 5.4%Transit barriers
- 5.2%No health insurance
- 15.3%Frequent mental distress
- 24.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Merriman Heights
Running cool, economic stress reads 2/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.4/10. Food insecurity runs 8.6% against 17.8% nationally.
At $1,111 a month, rents run 16% over what the rest of Akron commands. 10% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. SNAP participation runs 6.3% against 15.2% nationally.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 574 filings here across 17 tracked years. 46% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Summit County average of 41.2%.
It sits 0.7 points below the Summit County average of 4.1. The worst year on record was 2018, when 10.7% of renter households were served. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground A ("Best"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.
In a typical year about 6.1% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 39153507203
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39153507203?
Census tract 39153507203 in the Merriman Heights neighborhood scores 3.4/10 (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 39153507203?
Median gross rent is $1,111/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39153507203?
8.1% of residents in tract 39153507203 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,138.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39153507203?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 14th, household 42th, minority 37th, housing 18th.
Q5
Is tract 39153507203 considered part of Merriman Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39153507203 fall within Merriman Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39153507203?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 574 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 39153507203 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.05% of renter households, peaking at 10.7% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 39153507203 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.1% 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. 5.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 39153507203 compare to Akron overall?
Tract 39153507203 scores 3.4/10, lower 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 39153507203 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. 2% 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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