Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #58,384 of 84,120 nationally
Oakwood Eviction Risk: Lower , Traverse City
Tract 26055551000 · Grand Traverse County, MI · pop 4,671 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
Tract 26055551000 covers the Oakwood neighborhood of Traverse City in Michigan. Home to 4,671 residents, it scores 5.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 46% of US census tracts.
56% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 28% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $973 a month while the average household earns $88,375 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. Renters make up 30% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units2,179
Renter share30.5%
SVI overall0.29
Poverty rate9.2%
Median income$88,375
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
29
th percentile
Low
Within county
59
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
38
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Traverse City and the region
Centroid at 44.7766, -85.5748 · click any tract to drill in
Why Oakwood scores 3
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
9.2% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$973 rent vs county FMR
2.8
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 Oakwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 29
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 35%Socioeconomic
- 17%Household composition
- 13%Racial/ethnic minority
- 52%Housing & transportation
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.
- 6.5%Housing insecurity
- 4.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.9%Food insecurity
- 6.6%SNAP enrollment
- 5.1%Transit barriers
- 4.5%No health insurance
- 15.1%Frequent mental distress
- 27.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Oakwood
The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at 3.6/10. 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 Traverse City, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Grand Traverse County average of 5.2 and below the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 29th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 6.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 26055551000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26055551000?
Census tract 26055551000 in the Oakwood neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 26055551000?
Median gross rent is $973/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26055551000?
9.2% of residents in tract 26055551000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,671.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26055551000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 29th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 17th, minority 13th, housing 52th.
Q5
Is tract 26055551000 considered part of Oakwood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26055551000 fall within Oakwood (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 26055551000 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.5% 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. 4.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26055551000 compare to Traverse City overall?
Tract 26055551000 scores 3/10, right in line with the parent city of Traverse City at 3/10. 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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