Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #19,562 of 84,120 nationally
Beecher Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26049012202 · Genesee County, MI · pop 1,374 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
Census tract 26049012202 belongs to the Beecher area of Beecher, Michigan. It is home to 1,374 residents and scores 6.4/10, an elevated reading for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #12,602 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
22% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $788 monthly, set against $40,000 in average yearly household income, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 45% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 35%
Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units564
Renter share44.7%
SVI overall0.56
Poverty rate27.7%
Median income$40,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Within county
71
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
84
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Beecher and the region
Centroid at 43.0796, -83.6749 · click any tract to drill in
Why Beecher scores 5.4
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
27.7% poverty · this tract
6.9
Supply constraint
$788 rent vs county FMR
3.0
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: 56
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 80%Socioeconomic
- 40%Household composition
- 77%Racial/ethnic minority
- 18%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
- 45%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
Within Beecher. 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.
- 24.4%Housing insecurity
- 19.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 33.8%Food insecurity
- 35.9%SNAP enrollment
- 16.6%Transit barriers
- 9.6%No health insurance
- 21.1%Frequent mental distress
- 42.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Beecher
The score leans hardest on 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 Black and 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.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 45% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
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 26049012202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26049012202?
Census tract 26049012202 in the Beecher neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (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 26049012202?
Median gross rent is $788/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 22% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26049012202?
27.7% of residents in tract 26049012202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,374.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26049012202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 40th, minority 77th, housing 18th.
Q5
Is tract 26049012202 considered part of Beecher?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26049012202 fall within Beecher (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 26049012202 struggle to pay rent?
About 24.4% 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. 19.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26049012202 compare to Beecher overall?
Q8
Was tract 26049012202 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. 45% 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.
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