Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #49,882 of 84,120 nationally
Grand Blanc Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26049011210 · Genesee County, MI · pop 1,765
In Grand Blanc, census tract 26049011210 scores 6.2/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 80% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 57% of renter households, a severe level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $883 monthly, set against $43,359 in average yearly household income, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 60% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 34%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units933
Renter share59.9%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate12.0%
Median income$43,359
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
41
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
50
th percentile
Moderate
National
41
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Grand Blanc and the region
Centroid at 42.9217, -83.6293 · click any tract to drill in
Why Grand Blanc scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Grand Blanc
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.5
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
12.0% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$883 rent vs county FMR
4.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Grand Blanc
3.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Grand Blanc
8.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Grand Blanc
3.8
How Grand Blanc compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 66
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 59%Socioeconomic
- 77%Household composition
- 36%Racial/ethnic minority
- 66%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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
- 23%Grade C
- 0%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.
- 11.8%Housing insecurity
- 8.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.9%Food insecurity
- 14.7%SNAP enrollment
- 8.5%Transit barriers
- 6.9%No health insurance
- 17.9%Frequent mental distress
- 35.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Grand Blanc
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 8.6/10. 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 Grand Blanc, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
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 26049011210
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26049011210?
Census tract 26049011210 in Grand Blanc scores 3.5/10 (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 26049011210?
Median gross rent is $883/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26049011210?
12.0% of residents in tract 26049011210 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,765.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26049011210?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 59th, household 77th, minority 36th, housing 66th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26049011210 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.8% 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. 8.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26049011210 compare to Grand Blanc overall?
Tract 26049011210 scores 3.5/10, higher than the parent city of Grand Blanc at 2.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Grand Blanc; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7
Was tract 26049011210 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% 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 Grand Blanc
Top eight tracts in Grand Blanc ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Related