Neighborhood · Ranked #46,312 of 84,120 nationally

Whitehills Eviction Risk: Lower , East Lansing

Tract 26065003901 · Ingham County, MI · pop 2,422 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

Whitehills in East Lansing is where census tract 26065003901 sits, home to 2,422 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 7.1/10. That is riskier than about 96% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 58% of renter households, a severe level, and 34% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $985 a month while the average household earns $106,875 a year, roughly 11% of income at the averages. Renters make up 37% of occupied homes.

Risk score

3.7

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 22% Stable renters 16% Owners 62%

Tract context

Occupied units888

Renter share37.3%

SVI overall0.31

Poverty rate14.5%

Median income$106,875

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across East Lansing and the region

Centroid at 42.7517, -84.4736 · click any tract to drill in

Why Whitehills scores 3.7

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

14.5% poverty · this tract

3.6

Supply constraint

$985 rent vs county FMR

3.7

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 Whitehills compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 31

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

23%Socioeconomic
33%Household composition
52%Racial/ethnic minority
44%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
5%Grade C
0%Grade D · redlined

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.

7.4%Housing insecurity
5.3%Utility-shutoff threat
9.0%Food insecurity
7.5%SNAP enrollment
5.8%Transit barriers
4.8%No health insurance
14.9%Frequent mental distress
26.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Whitehills

What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 9.6/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. 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 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 31st 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.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 26065003901

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26065003901?

Census tract 26065003901 in the Whitehills neighborhood scores 3.7/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 26065003901?

Median gross rent is $985/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26065003901?

14.5% of residents in tract 26065003901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,422.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26065003901?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 23th, household 33th, minority 52th, housing 44th.

Is tract 26065003901 considered part of Whitehills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26065003901 fall within Whitehills (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 26065003901 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.4% 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. 5.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26065003901 compare to East Lansing overall?

Tract 26065003901 scores 3.7/10, 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.

Was tract 26065003901 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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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