Northside District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Akron

26% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10. The poverty rate is 25%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.4/10. It sits 1.3 points above the Summit County average of 4.1.

Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.4/10. Food insecurity runs 28.0% against 17.8% nationally.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 515 filings here across 17 tracked years. At $841 a month, rents run 12% under what the rest of Akron commands.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 15.8% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Filings peaked in 2003 at 21.3% of renter households.

This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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 11.8% of renter households face a filing.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.