Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #49,882 of 84,120 nationally
Vermontville Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26045020700 · Eaton County, MI · pop 3,995 · 11% of tract blocks fall in Vermontville
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 26045020700 (Vermontville, Michigan) comes in at 5.3/10, the Moderate tier. On the national scale it ranks #42,470 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
27% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,016 a month against an average household income of $72,454 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 17% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units1,543
Renter share16.6%
SVI overall0.56
Poverty rate12.1%
Median income$72,454
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
86
th percentile
High
Within state
50
th percentile
Moderate
National
41
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Vermontville and the region
Centroid at 42.6907, -85.0246 · click any tract to drill in
Why Vermontville scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Vermontville
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
$1,016 rent vs county FMR
4.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Vermontville
4.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Vermontville
5.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Vermontville
5.5
How Vermontville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 56
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 53%Socioeconomic
- 69%Household composition
- 16%Racial/ethnic minority
- 59%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)
- 185Total filings over 8 yrs
- 9.55%Avg annual filing rate
- 13.8%Peak (2014)
- 10Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 66% 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.
- 10.7%Housing insecurity
- 7.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.0%Food insecurity
- 13.2%SNAP enrollment
- 7.6%Transit barriers
- 7.1%No health insurance
- 19.1%Frequent mental distress
- 33.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Vermontville
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 5.6/10. 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 Vermontville, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Eaton County average of 5.5 and below the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 56th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.5% 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 26045020700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26045020700?
Census tract 26045020700 in Vermontville scores 3.5/10 (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 26045020700?
Median gross rent is $1,016/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26045020700?
12.1% of residents in tract 26045020700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,995.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26045020700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 69th, minority 16th, housing 59th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26045020700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 185 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 26045020700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.55% of renter households, peaking at 13.8% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26045020700 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.7% 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. 7.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26045020700 compare to Vermontville overall?
Tract 26045020700 scores 3.5/10, higher than the parent city of Vermontville at 3.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Vermontville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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