Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #16,850 of 84,120 nationally
Beecher Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26049012201 · Genesee County, MI · pop 2,252 · 24% of tract blocks fall in Beecher
Census tract 26049012201 covers Beecher, home to 2,252 residents. For landlords it grades 7.2/10, an elevated reading. That is riskier than roughly 97% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
46% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 31% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $837 a month against an average household income of $35,779 a year, roughly 28% of income at the averages. Renters make up 29% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units1,010
Renter share28.8%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate27.3%
Median income$35,779
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
74
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
86
th percentile
High
National
80
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Beecher and the region
Centroid at 43.1086, -83.6664 · click any tract to drill in
Why Beecher scores 5.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Beecher
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.5
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
27.3% poverty · this tract
6.8
Supply constraint
$837 rent vs county FMR
3.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Beecher
8.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Beecher
9.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Beecher
9.0
How Beecher compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 78
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 77%Socioeconomic
- 53%Household composition
- 32%Racial/ethnic minority
- 90%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 11%Grade D · redlined
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.
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.
- 16.1%Housing insecurity
- 12.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 25.6%Food insecurity
- 27.4%SNAP enrollment
- 12.5%Transit barriers
- 9.7%No health insurance
- 21.0%Frequent mental distress
- 45.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Beecher
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.1/10. 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 Beecher, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Genesee County average of 6.0 and above the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 78th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
In CDC survey modeling, about 16.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 12.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
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 26049012201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26049012201?
Census tract 26049012201 in Beecher scores 5.6/10 (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 26049012201?
Median gross rent is $837/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26049012201?
27.3% of residents in tract 26049012201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,252.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26049012201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 53th, minority 32th, housing 90th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26049012201 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.1% 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. 12.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26049012201 compare to Beecher overall?
Q7
Was tract 26049012201 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 11% 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 Beecher
Top eight tracts in Beecher ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Related