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Neighborhood · Ranked #8,138 of 84,120 nationally

Oakwood Eviction Risk: Elevated , East Lansing

Tract 26065004100 · Ingham County, MI · pop 5,166 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Census tract 26065004100 belongs to the Oakwood area of East Lansing, Michigan. It is home to 5,166 residents and scores $1/10, a high reading for landlords. That puts it among the highest-scoring tracts in the entire country, the top 1% nationally for landlord eviction difficulty.

About 81% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 74% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,200 monthly, set against $23,480 in average yearly household income, roughly 61% of income at the averages. Renters make up 92% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
6.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 75% Stable renters 17% Owners 8%
Tract context
Occupied units1,754
Renter share91.8%
SVI overall0.47
Poverty rate59.5%
Median income$23,480

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Oakwood
Moderate
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 19 tracts In East Lansing
Very High
Within county
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 84 tracts In Ingham County
Very High
Within state
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#33 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across East Lansing and the region

Centroid at 42.7367, -84.4830 · click any tract to drill in

Why Oakwood scores 6.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from East Lansing
6.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.6
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
59.5% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,200 rent vs county FMR
5.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from East Lansing
9.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from East Lansing
9.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from East Lansing
9.5

How Oakwood compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Oakwood risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.46.4This tracttract 004100East Lansing: 3.43.4East Lansingparent cityCounty: 4.14.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 47

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Oakwood

What moves this score most is economic stress at $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 East Lansing eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores well above the Ingham County average of 6.2 and above 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 47th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

In CDC survey modeling, about 20.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 17.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord underwriting a deal here, treat timelines and legal costs as the real risk: East Lansing eviction risk sits in territory where contested cases drag and tenant defenses are well organized, so airtight notices and screening matter more than usual.

Frequently asked

About tract 26065004100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26065004100?

Census tract 26065004100 in the Oakwood neighborhood scores 6.4/10 (Elevated 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 26065004100?

Median gross rent is $1,200/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 81% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26065004100?

59.5% of residents in tract 26065004100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,166.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26065004100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 47th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 1th, minority 25th, housing 92th.
Q5

Is tract 26065004100 considered part of Oakwood?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26065004100 fall within Oakwood (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 26065004100 struggle to pay rent?

About 20.3% 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. 17.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 26065004100 compare to East Lansing overall?

Tract 26065004100 scores 6.4/10, higher than the parent city of East Lansing at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from East Lansing eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 26065004100 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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