Within parent city
36
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #24,926 of 84,120 nationally
Jackson Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26075001300 · Jackson County, MI · pop 2,395
Here is how census tract 26075001300, in Jackson eviction risk, looks to a landlord: a 6.9/10 eviction-risk score (Elevated tier) across a population of 2,395. On the national scale it ranks #5,768 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 63% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 46% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,080 a month against an average household income of $48,500 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. About 29% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units824
Renter share28.5%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate20.4%
Median income$48,500
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
80
th percentile
High
Within state
79
th percentile
High
National
70
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Jackson and the region
Centroid at 42.2293, -84.4038 · click any tract to drill in
Why Jackson scores 5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Jackson
4.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.0
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
20.4% poverty · this tract
5.1
Supply constraint
$1,080 rent vs county FMR
4.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Jackson
8.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Jackson
8.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Jackson
8.7
How Jackson compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 78
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 78%Socioeconomic
- 34%Household composition
- 76%Racial/ethnic minority
- 86%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.
- 1%Grade A
- 14%Grade B
- 74%Grade C
- 10%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.
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 884Total filings over 9 yrs
- 29.92%Avg annual filing rate
- 33.6%Peak (2013)
- 62Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 43% over the past 9 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
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.
- 20.9%Housing insecurity
- 15.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 26.6%Food insecurity
- 26.6%SNAP enrollment
- 13.5%Transit barriers
- 9.6%No health insurance
- 21.2%Frequent mental distress
- 39.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Jackson
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.8/10. 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 Jackson eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Jackson County average of 5.7 and above the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is Black and White and ranks around the 78th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 20.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 15.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
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 26075001300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26075001300?
Census tract 26075001300 in Jackson scores 5/10 (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 26075001300?
Median gross rent is $1,080/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26075001300?
20.4% of residents in tract 26075001300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,395.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26075001300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 34th, minority 76th, housing 86th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26075001300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 884 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 26075001300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 29.92% of renter households, peaking at 33.6% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26075001300 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.9% 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. 15.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26075001300 compare to Jackson overall?
Tract 26075001300 scores 5/10, higher than the parent city of Jackson at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Jackson eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 26075001300 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. 10% 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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