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Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally

Northtown Eviction Risk: Moderate , Lansing

Tract 26065000800 · Ingham County, MI · pop 2,749 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

26065000800 is a census tract in the Northtown area of Lansing, MI. It scores 5.4/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,749 residents. 47% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 40% Stable renters 16% Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units1,205
Renter share56.3%
SVI overall0.56
Poverty rate31.8%
Median income$49,054

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Northtown
Moderate
Within parent city
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#11 of 41 tracts In Lansing
High
Within county
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#22 of 84 tracts In Ingham County
Elevated
Within state
82 th percentile
Rank, 82nd percentileLowHigh
#527 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Lansing and the region

Centroid at 42.7471, -84.5372 · click any tract to drill in

Why Northtown scores 5.4

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
31.8% poverty · this tract
7.9
Supply constraint
$1,239 rent vs county FMR
6.0
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 Northtown compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Northtown risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.4This tracttract 0008004.0Lansingparent city4.6Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 56

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 Northtown

72% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Ingham County average of 46.5%. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.4/10.

SNAP participation runs 37.2% against 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 32%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10. Average gross rent is $1,239, 25% above the Lansing average.

On the high side, economic stress reads 7.9/10. Housing insecurity runs 25.8% against 14.2% nationally.

Against the Ingham County average of 4.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.8 points. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.

Nationally it ranks #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 26065000800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26065000800?

Census tract 26065000800 in the Northtown neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (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 26065000800?

Median gross rent is $1,239/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 72% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26065000800?

31.8% of residents in tract 26065000800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,749.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26065000800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 34th, minority 65th, housing 25th.
Q5

Is tract 26065000800 considered part of Northtown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26065000800 fall within Northtown (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 26065000800 struggle to pay rent?

About 25.8% 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. 19.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 26065000800 compare to Lansing overall?

Tract 26065000800 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Lansing at 4/10. 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 26065000800 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. 17% 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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