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Castle Homes Eviction Risk: Lower , Akron

Tract 39153531801 · Summit County, OH · pop 5,099 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

Tract 39153531801, home to 5,099 residents in the Castle Homes neighborhood of Akron, scores 5.2/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 45% of US census tracts.

About 38% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 11% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,135 a month while the average household earns $64,929 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. About 38% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 23% Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units2,603
Renter share37.6%
SVI overall0.43
Poverty rate10.5%
Median income$64,929

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Castle Homes
Very Low
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Akron
Very High
Within county
45 th percentile
Rank, 45th percentileLowHigh
#76 of 138 tracts In Summit County
Moderate
Within state
39 th percentile
Rank, 39th percentileLowHigh
#1,935 of 3,162 tracts In Ohio
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Akron and the region

Centroid at 41.0185, -81.5376 · click any tract to drill in

Why Castle Homes scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Akron
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.5
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
10.5% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,135 rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Akron
3.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Akron
7.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Akron
4.4

How Castle Homes compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Castle Homes risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.03.0This tracttract 531801Akron: 3.43.4Akronparent cityCounty: 3.53.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 43

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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)

  • 847Total filings over 17 yrs
  • 5.58%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.0%Peak (2014)
  • 33Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 391535318012002: 44 filings (6.78/100 renter HHs)2003: 41 filings (6.32/100 renter HHs)2004: 60 filings (9.25/100 renter HHs)2005: 59 filings (7.48/100 renter HHs)2006: 64 filings (8.11/100 renter HHs)2007: 45 filings (5.70/100 renter HHs)2008: 45 filings (5.70/100 renter HHs)2009: 43 filings (5.45/100 renter HHs)2010: 57 filings (5.42/100 renter HHs)2011: 52 filings (4.63/100 renter HHs)2012: 59 filings (5.25/100 renter HHs)2013: 47 filings (4.19/100 renter HHs)2014: 67 filings (5.97/100 renter HHs)2015: 54 filings (4.81/100 renter HHs)2016: 41 filings (3.66/100 renter HHs)2017: 36 filings (3.21/100 renter HHs)2018: 33 filings (2.94/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 25% over the past 17 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Castle Homes. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Castle Homes

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 7.3/10. 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 about the same as 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 riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 43rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 847 eviction filings here over 17 tracked years, with about 5.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 6.0% of renter households in 2014.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 39153531801

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39153531801?

Census tract 39153531801 in the Castle Homes neighborhood scores 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 39153531801?

Median gross rent is $1,135/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 39153531801?

10.5% of residents in tract 39153531801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,099.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 39153531801?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 43th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 61th, minority 19th, housing 30th.
Q5

Is tract 39153531801 considered part of Castle Homes?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 39153531801 fall within Castle Homes (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 39153531801?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 847 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 39153531801 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.58% of renter households, peaking at 6.0% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 39153531801 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.0% 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. 6.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 39153531801 compare to Akron overall?

Tract 39153531801 scores 3/10, lower 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 39153531801 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Akron

Top eight tracts in Akron ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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