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Neighborhood · Ranked #15,522 of 84,120 nationally

Colonial Village Eviction Risk: Moderate , Lansing

Tract 26065003700 · Ingham County, MI · pop 4,394 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

The Colonial Village neighborhood of Lansing anchors census tract 26065003700, which lands at 6.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 83% of US census tracts.

About 68% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $828 monthly, set against $35,713 in average yearly household income, roughly 28% of income at the averages. About 41% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27% Stable renters 13% Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units2,218
Renter share40.6%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate24.0%
Median income$35,713

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Colonial Village
Moderate
Within parent city
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 41 tracts In Lansing
High
Within county
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#14 of 84 tracts In Ingham County
High
Within state
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#366 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Lansing and the region

Centroid at 42.6938, -84.5725 · click any tract to drill in

Why Colonial Village scores 5.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Lansing
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.6
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
24.0% poverty · this tract
6.0
Supply constraint
$828 rent vs county FMR
2.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lansing
2.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lansing
5.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lansing
4.5

How Colonial Village compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Colonial Village risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.75.7This tracttract 003700Lansing: 3.73.7Lansingparent cityCounty: 4.14.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 88

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

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.

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 Colonial Village

The score leans hardest on 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 Lansing eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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.

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.

The tract is racially mixed and ranks around the 88th 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.

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 26065003700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26065003700?

Census tract 26065003700 in the Colonial Village neighborhood scores 5.7/10 (Moderate 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 26065003700?

Median gross rent is $828/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 68% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26065003700?

24.0% of residents in tract 26065003700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,394.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26065003700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 97th, minority 69th, housing 70th.
Q5

Is tract 26065003700 considered part of Colonial Village?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26065003700 fall within Colonial Village (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 26065003700 struggle to pay rent?

About 19.7% 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. 14.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 26065003700 compare to Lansing overall?

Tract 26065003700 scores 5.7/10, higher than the parent city of Lansing at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lansing eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 26065003700 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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Highest-risk tracts in Lansing

Top eight tracts in Lansing ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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