Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally
Boughey Hill Eviction Risk: Moderate , Traverse City
Tract 26055551301 · Grand Traverse County, MI · pop 1,609 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
Census tract 26055551301 covers part of the Boughey Hill area of Traverse City, MI, and scores 5/10 on landlord eviction risk. Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1/10.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 48%
Owners 29%
Tract context
Occupied units771
Renter share70.8%
SVI overall0.51
Poverty rate26.9%
Median income$32,716
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
96
th percentile
Very High
Within state
73
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Traverse City and the region
Centroid at 44.7362, -85.6388 · click any tract to drill in
Why Boughey Hill scores 5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Traverse City
5.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.8
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
26.9% poverty · this tract
6.7
Supply constraint
$674 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Traverse City
2.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Traverse City
3.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Traverse City
3.2
How Boughey Hill compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 51
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 54%Socioeconomic
- 61%Household composition
- 11%Racial/ethnic minority
- 52%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Boughey Hill. 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.
- 15.2%Housing insecurity
- 12.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 22.7%Food insecurity
- 26.3%SNAP enrollment
- 12.0%Transit barriers
- 8.6%No health insurance
- 20.9%Frequent mental distress
- 41.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Boughey Hill
At $674 a month, rents run 32% under what the rest of Traverse City commands. Cost burden runs 32% here against 43.0% across Grand Traverse County. 71% 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.
The poverty rate is 27%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Against the Grand Traverse County average of 3.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.5/10. SNAP participation runs 26.3% against 15.2% nationally.
On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.5/10. Nationally it ranks #32,842 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 5.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $32,716.
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 26055551301
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26055551301?
Census tract 26055551301 in the Boughey Hill neighborhood scores 5/10 (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 26055551301?
Median gross rent is $674/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26055551301?
26.9% of residents in tract 26055551301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,609.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26055551301?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 54th, household 61th, minority 11th, housing 52th.
Q5
Is tract 26055551301 considered part of Boughey Hill?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26055551301 fall within Boughey Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 26055551301 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.2% 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. 12.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26055551301 compare to Traverse City overall?
Tract 26055551301 scores 5/10, higher than the parent city of Traverse City at 3.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Traverse City; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Traverse City
Top eight tracts in Traverse City ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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