Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #44,543 of 84,120 nationally
Potterville Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26045020601 · Eaton County, MI · pop 3,986 · 45% of tract blocks fall in Potterville
Census tract 26045020601 runs through Potterville. With 3,986 residents, it scores 6.5/10 for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #10,977 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 53% of renter households, a severe level, and 31% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $979 a month against an average household income of $67,853 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 33% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units1,553
Renter share33.4%
SVI overall0.55
Poverty rate12.1%
Median income$67,853
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
93
th percentile
Very High
Within state
57
th percentile
Elevated
National
47
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Potterville and the region
Centroid at 42.6152, -84.7708 · click any tract to drill in
Why Potterville scores 3.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Potterville
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
12.1% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$979 rent vs county FMR
3.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Potterville
8.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Potterville
7.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Potterville
7.4
How Potterville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 55
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 31%Socioeconomic
- 74%Household composition
- 23%Racial/ethnic minority
- 79%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)
- 993Total filings over 8 yrs
- 33.77%Avg annual filing rate
- 55.4%Peak (2015)
- 157Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 60% 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.
- 11.6%Housing insecurity
- 8.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.1%Food insecurity
- 13.4%SNAP enrollment
- 8.0%Transit barriers
- 6.7%No health insurance
- 20.0%Frequent mental distress
- 31.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Potterville
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 8.4/10. 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 Potterville, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Eaton County average of 5.5 and above the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 55th 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.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 26045020601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26045020601?
Census tract 26045020601 in Potterville scores 3.8/10 (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 26045020601?
Median gross rent is $979/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26045020601?
12.1% of residents in tract 26045020601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,986.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26045020601?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 31th, household 74th, minority 23th, housing 79th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26045020601?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 993 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 26045020601 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 33.77% of renter households, peaking at 55.4% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26045020601 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.6% 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. 8.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26045020601 compare to Potterville overall?
Tract 26045020601 scores 3.8/10, higher than the parent city of Potterville at 3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Potterville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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