Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Fenton Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26049013206 · Genesee County, MI · pop 3,061
Tract 26049013206 sits in Fenton, MI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. Population here is 3,061. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.7/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units1,463
Renter share14.1%
SVI overall0.12
Poverty rate6.4%
Median income$83,358
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
19
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
26
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fenton and the region
Centroid at 42.7873, -83.7113 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fenton scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Fenton
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.5
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
6.4% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$966 rent vs county FMR
4.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fenton
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fenton
7.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fenton
4.9
How Fenton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 12
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 14%Socioeconomic
- 48%Household composition
- 0%Racial/ethnic minority
- 15%Housing & transportation
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.
- 7.8%Housing insecurity
- 5.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.5%Food insecurity
- 8.3%SNAP enrollment
- 5.7%Transit barriers
- 4.5%No health insurance
- 16.6%Frequent mental distress
- 29.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fenton
On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.6/10. Severe burden reaches 19%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
At $966 a month, rents run 24% under what the rest of Fenton commands. It sits 1.3 points below the Genesee County average of 4.3. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.3/10.
Food insecurity runs 9.5% against 17.8% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Only 14% 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. Social vulnerability reads 2.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 14% of average household income of $83,358, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.2 points cooler.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 26049013206
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26049013206?
Census tract 26049013206 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 26049013206?
Median gross rent is $966/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26049013206?
6.4% of residents in tract 26049013206 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,061.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26049013206?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 12th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 14th, household 48th, minority 0th, housing 15th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26049013206 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.8% 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. 5.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26049013206 compare to Fenton overall?
Tract 26049013206 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.
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