Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally
Charlotte Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26045021001 · Eaton County, MI · pop 4,550 · 36% of tract blocks fall in Charlotte
Census tract 26045021001 covers part of Charlotte, MI, and scores 4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,550 residents. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9/10.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units1,448
Renter share18.6%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate8.5%
Median income$81,714
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
53
th percentile
Moderate
National
42
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Charlotte and the region
Centroid at 42.5477, -84.8738 · click any tract to drill in
Why Charlotte scores 4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Charlotte
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
8.5% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,041 rent vs county FMR
4.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Charlotte
4.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Charlotte
7.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Charlotte
5.2
How Charlotte compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 58
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 30%Socioeconomic
- 74%Household composition
- 20%Racial/ethnic minority
- 87%Housing & transportation
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)
- 456Total filings over 8 yrs
- 15.53%Avg annual filing rate
- 24.1%Peak (2014)
- 57Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 8 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 10.1%Housing insecurity
- 7.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.0%Food insecurity
- 12.0%SNAP enrollment
- 7.1%Transit barriers
- 7.0%No health insurance
- 18.0%Frequent mental distress
- 33.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Charlotte
The severe-burden share is 25%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Cost burden runs 45% here against 35.6% across Eaton County. Running cool, economic stress reads 2.1/10.
Average gross rent is $1,041, 17% above the Charlotte average. The filing record is not thin: 456 evictions over 8 years of observation.
On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.1/10. The worst year on record was 2014, when 24.1% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 15.5% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #48,956 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 19% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Rent consumes only 15% of average household income of $81,714, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 26045021001
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26045021001?
Census tract 26045021001 in Charlotte scores 4/10 (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 26045021001?
Median gross rent is $1,041/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26045021001?
8.5% of residents in tract 26045021001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,550.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26045021001?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 30th, household 74th, minority 20th, housing 87th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26045021001?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 456 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 26045021001 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 15.53% of renter households, peaking at 24.1% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26045021001 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.1% 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. 7.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26045021001 compare to Charlotte overall?
Tract 26045021001 scores 4/10, right in line with the parent city of Charlotte at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Charlotte; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Charlotte
Top eight tracts in Charlotte ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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