Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
9.3%Housing insecurity
6.5%Utility-shutoff threat
11.0%Food insecurity
9.3%SNAP enrollment
6.6%Transit barriers
5.3%No health insurance
18.4%Frequent mental distress
28.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fenton
The severe-burden share is 24%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.5/10.
The voucher gap is 23.1%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. It sits 1.3 points below the Genesee County average of 4.3. Against Genesee County at 45.3%, 39% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.3/10. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Social vulnerability reads 5.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 14% of average household income of $100,625, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.2 points cooler. Average gross rent is $1,214, close to the Fenton average. 36% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 26049013202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26049013202?
Census tract 26049013202 in Fenton 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 26049013202?
Median gross rent is $1,214/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26049013202?
6.2% of residents in tract 26049013202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,729.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26049013202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 47th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 44th, household 69th, minority 23th, housing 46th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26049013202 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.3% 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. 6.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26049013202 compare to Fenton overall?
Tract 26049013202 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Fenton at 4.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fenton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Fenton
Top eight tracts in Fenton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.