Traverse City Eviction Risk: Lower

Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.5/10. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.5/10. SNAP participation runs 6.3% against 15.2% nationally.

9% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Housing insecurity runs 6.5% against 14.2% nationally.

It sits 0.7 points below the Grand Traverse County average of 3.7. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 4.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Rent consumes only 11% of average household income of $100,625, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.2 points cooler. Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

Rent takes 30% or more of income for 41% of renters. Average gross rent is $960, close to the Traverse City average. 31% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.