Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #37,643 of 84,120 nationally
Highland Square Eviction Risk: Moderate , Akron
Tract 39153507300 · Summit County, OH · pop 3,316 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
With a score of 4.5/10, tract 39153507300 in the Highland Square neighborhood of Akron ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 3,316 residents. That is riskier than roughly 22% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 21% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $885 a month against an average household income of $61,484 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 49% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 39%
Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units1,782
Renter share48.8%
SVI overall0.35
Poverty rate14.5%
Median income$61,484
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
20
th percentile
Low
Within county
61
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
64
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Akron and the region
Centroid at 41.0993, -81.5386 · click any tract to drill in
Why Highland Square scores 4.2
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
14.5% poverty · this tract
3.6
Supply constraint
$885 rent vs county FMR
2.8
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 Highland Square compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 35
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 42%Socioeconomic
- 14%Household composition
- 25%Racial/ethnic minority
- 57%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.
- 14%Grade A
- 51%Grade B
- 22%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)
- 472Total filings over 17 yrs
- 4.11%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.9%Peak (2014)
- 23Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 23% 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.
- 9.1%Housing insecurity
- 6.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.7%Food insecurity
- 8.5%SNAP enrollment
- 6.3%Transit barriers
- 6.4%No health insurance
- 16.3%Frequent mental distress
- 28.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Highland Square
What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at 4.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. 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 below the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 35th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 9.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.6% 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 39153507300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39153507300?
Census tract 39153507300 in the Highland Square neighborhood scores 4.2/10 (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 39153507300?
Median gross rent is $885/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 21% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39153507300?
14.5% of residents in tract 39153507300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,316.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39153507300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 35th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 42th, household 14th, minority 25th, housing 57th.
Q5
Is tract 39153507300 considered part of Highland Square?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39153507300 fall within Highland Square (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39153507300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 472 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 39153507300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.11% of renter households, peaking at 5.9% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 39153507300 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.1% 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. 6.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 39153507300 compare to Akron overall?
Tract 39153507300 scores 4.2/10, 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 39153507300 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. 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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/ 10 · Elevated
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5.9
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.9
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.9
/ 10 · Elevated
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/ 10 · Elevated
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5.8
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