Within parent city
14
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 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 sits in Traverse City, MI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. At $1,530 a month, rents run 54% over what the rest of Traverse City commands.
Risk score
3
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
32
th percentile
Low
Within state
26
th percentile
Low
National
20
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 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
9.1% 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
The main counterweight is economic stress at 2.3/10. The voucher gap is 22.2%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.5/10.
On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.5/10. Housing insecurity runs 5.2% against 14.2% nationally.
Adults with no health insurance runs 3.6% against 11.3% nationally. It sits 0.7 points below the Grand Traverse County average of 3.7. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Only 19% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.9/10.
Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $112,986, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.2 points cooler.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 26055550900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26055550900?
Census tract 26055550900 in Traverse City 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 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 3/10, lower 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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