Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Traverse City Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26055550900 · Grand Traverse County, MI · pop 4,902 · 2% of tract blocks fall in Traverse City
Tract 26055550900, home to 4,902 residents in Traverse City, scores 5.3/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 50% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 46% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 6% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,530 a month against an average household income of $112,986 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 19% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units2,243
Renter share19.3%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate9.1%
Median income$112,986
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
46
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
25
th percentile
Low
National
21
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Traverse City and the region
Centroid at 44.8903, -85.5224 · click any tract to drill in
Why Traverse City scores 2.5
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
9.1% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,530 rent vs county FMR
7.2
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 Traverse City compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 9
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 17%Socioeconomic
- 11%Household composition
- 10%Racial/ethnic minority
- 22%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.
- 5.2%Housing insecurity
- 4.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.5%Food insecurity
- 5.6%SNAP enrollment
- 4.1%Transit barriers
- 3.6%No health insurance
- 12.4%Frequent mental distress
- 28.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Traverse City
What moves this score most is supply constraint at 7.2/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 5.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 9th 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 26055550900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26055550900?
Census tract 26055550900 in Traverse City scores 2.5/10 (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 26055550900?
Median gross rent is $1,530/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26055550900?
9.1% of residents in tract 26055550900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,902.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26055550900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 17th, household 11th, minority 10th, housing 22th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26055550900 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.2% 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. 4.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26055550900 compare to Traverse City overall?
Tract 26055550900 scores 2.5/10, lower than 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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