Census Tract · Ranked #50,654 of 84,120 nationally

Chums Corner Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 26055550702 · Grand Traverse County, MI · pop 4,538 · 15% of tract blocks fall in Chums Corner

Census tract 26055550702 covers part of Chums Corner, MI, and scores 3.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,538 residents. The severe-burden share is 64%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score

3.9

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 24% Stable renters 9% Owners 67%

Tract context

Occupied units1,982

Renter share33.1%

SVI overall0.78

Poverty rate10.7%

Median income$64,236

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Chums Corner and the region

Centroid at 44.6971, -85.6666 · click any tract to drill in

Why Chums Corner scores 3.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Chums Corner

5.4

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

4.8

State political climate

Michigan legislature & governorship

3.3

Economic stress

10.7% poverty · this tract

2.7

Supply constraint

$1,675 rent vs county FMR

8.4

Rent control risk

Inherited from Chums Corner

2.4

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

3.3

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Chums Corner

3.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Chums Corner

2.4

How Chums Corner compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 78

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

57%Socioeconomic
82%Household composition
12%Racial/ethnic minority
97%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.

8.8%Housing insecurity
6.2%Utility-shutoff threat
11.2%Food insecurity
9.8%SNAP enrollment
6.4%Transit barriers
6.3%No health insurance
16.6%Frequent mental distress
33.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Chums Corner

Cost burden runs 72% here against 43.0% across Grand Traverse County. The voucher gap is 33.8%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.

The dominant input is supply constraint at 8.4/10. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.4/10.

Well under the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 2.4/10. Average gross rent is $1,675, 15% above the Chums Corner average. On the national scale it lands near the 40th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Social vulnerability reads 8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Grand Traverse County average of 3.7 closely.

Annual rent works out to 31% of average household income of $64,236. 33% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 26055550702

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26055550702?

Census tract 26055550702 in Chums Corner scores 3.9/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 26055550702?

Median gross rent is $1,675/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 72% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26055550702?

10.7% of residents in tract 26055550702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,538.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26055550702?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 57th, household 82th, minority 12th, housing 97th.

What share of households in tract 26055550702 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.8% 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. 6.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26055550702 compare to Chums Corner overall?

Tract 26055550702 scores 3.9/10, higher than the parent city of Chums Corner at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Chums Corner; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Chums Corner

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