Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Augusta Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26077002601 · Kalamazoo County, MI · pop 4,866 · 23% of tract blocks fall in Augusta
With a score of 3/10, tract 26077002601 in Augusta, MI reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,866. Against Kalamazoo County at 45.3%, about one in five of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units1,968
Renter share15.4%
SVI overall0.21
Poverty rate4.1%
Median income$102,419
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
13
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
26
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Augusta and the region
Centroid at 42.3815, -85.3547 · click any tract to drill in
Why Augusta scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Augusta
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
4.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$801 rent vs county FMR
1.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Augusta
2.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Augusta
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Augusta
3.0
How Augusta compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 21
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 11%Socioeconomic
- 30%Household composition
- 17%Racial/ethnic minority
- 52%Housing & transportation
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)
- 38Total filings over 2 yrs
- 6.01%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.0%Peak (2018)
- 22Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
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.
- 6.2%Housing insecurity
- 4.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.4%Food insecurity
- 6.2%SNAP enrollment
- 4.5%Transit barriers
- 4.0%No health insurance
- 14.6%Frequent mental distress
- 25.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Augusta
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.3/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1/10. Against the Kalamazoo County average of 4.8, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.8 points.
On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.8/10. Food insecurity runs 7.4% against 17.8% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 38 evictions over 2 years of observation.
Housing insecurity runs 6.2% against 14.2% nationally. The worst year on record was 2018, when 7.0% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 6.0% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 15% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.9/10. Rent consumes only 9% of average household income of $102,419, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 26077002601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26077002601?
Census tract 26077002601 in Augusta scores 3/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 26077002601?
Median gross rent is $801/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 18% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26077002601?
4.1% of residents in tract 26077002601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,866.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26077002601?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 21th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 11th, household 30th, minority 17th, housing 52th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26077002601?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 38 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 26077002601 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.01% of renter households, peaking at 7.0% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26077002601 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.2% 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. 4.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26077002601 compare to Augusta overall?
Tract 26077002601 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Augusta at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Augusta; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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