Traverse City Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26055551303 · Grand Traverse County, MI · pop 2,851 · 10% of tract blocks fall in Traverse City
Census tract 26055551303 sits in Traverse City, Michigan eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.7/10. It lands near the 65th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
49% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $982 monthly, set against $33,381 in average yearly household income, roughly 35% of income at the averages. Renters make up 47% of occupied homes.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across Traverse City and the region
Centroid at 44.7240, -85.5933 · click any tract to drill in
Why Traverse City scores 5.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow Traverse City compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 78
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 74%Socioeconomic
- 71%Household composition
- 8%Racial/ethnic minority
- 91%Housing & transportation
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 13.9%Housing insecurity
- 10.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.8%Food insecurity
- 22.0%SNAP enrollment
- 10.9%Transit barriers
- 9.5%No health insurance
- 19.9%Frequent mental distress
- 42.2%Any disability
What drives eviction risk in Traverse City
The heaviest input here is economic stress at 7.1/10. 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 above the Grand Traverse County average of 5.2 and in line with 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 78th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
In CDC survey modeling, about 13.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.8% 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.
About tract 26055551303
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Highest-risk tracts in Traverse City
Top eight tracts in Traverse City ranked by composite eviction-risk score.