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Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally

Burton Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 26049003400 · Genesee County, MI · pop 1,931 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

26049003400 is a census tract in the Burton area of Flint, MI. It scores 5.4/10 for landlords. Population here is 1,931. The severe-burden share is 48%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 56% Stable renters 36% Owners 8%
Tract context
Occupied units706
Renter share92.5%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate82.7%
Median income$7,401

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Burton
Very High
Within parent city
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 42 tracts In Burton
Very High
Within county
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#13 of 134 tracts In Genesee County
Very High
Within state
82 th percentile
Rank, 82nd percentileLowHigh
#527 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Burton and the region

Centroid at 42.9966, -83.6488 · click any tract to drill in

Why Burton scores 5.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Burton
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.5
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
82.7% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$239 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Burton
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Burton
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Burton
5.0

How Burton compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Burton risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.4This tracttract 0034004.0Burtonparent city4.3Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 93

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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 Burton. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Burton

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10. At $239 a month, rents run 74% under what the rest of Flint commands. Disability prevalence runs 59.4% against 31.5% nationally.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 50.2% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The poverty rate is 83%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. 61% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Genesee County average of 45.3%.

On the high side, court filing pressure reads 9.7/10. 92% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

Set annual rent against average income of $7,401 and the ratio lands at 39%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10.

It sits 1.1 points above the Genesee County average of 4.3.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 26049003400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26049003400?

Census tract 26049003400 in the Burton 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 26049003400?

Median gross rent is $239/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26049003400?

82.7% of residents in tract 26049003400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,931.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26049003400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 68th, minority 92th, housing 86th.
Q5

Is tract 26049003400 considered part of Burton?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26049003400 fall within Burton (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 26049003400 struggle to pay rent?

About 54.4% 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. 50.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 26049003400 compare to Burton overall?

Tract 26049003400 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Burton at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Burton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 26049003400 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. 26% 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 Burton

Top eight tracts in Burton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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