2 census tracts · pop 8,740 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.9/10
· range 4.6–7.3
Douglas is a 2-tract neighborhood of Kalamazoo, MI and houses 8,740 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 5.9/10, Moderate tier. What pushes the score up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.1/10.
Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 4.6 to 7.3, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. 20% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate.
The poverty rate is 26%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Against a Kalamazoo baseline of 34.5%, 42% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
Sitting well above the midpoint is housing-court posture at 7.5/10. Court records carry 320 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts. Running hot is rent-regulation exposure at 7.3/10.
Filing activity peaked in 2018 at 11.0% of renter households. That places it #14 of 16 neighborhoods in Kalamazoo. Judgments average 3.1% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
The closest comparables inside the same city are Westwood and South Westnedge. Average gross rent runs $1,114, close to the Kalamazoo average.
Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $51,515.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 2.7 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
5.9
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Douglas vs KalamazooHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority47%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport71%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Douglas
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
320Total filings (sum)
9.18%Avg annual filing rate
11.0%Peak year (2018)
9.51%Latest filed (2018)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Douglas
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
13.7%Housing insecurity
10.6%Utility shutoff threat
18.5%Food insecurity
18.1%SNAP enrollment
7.3%No health insurance
29.5%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Douglas
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Douglas?
Douglas scores 5.9/10 (Moderate tier) across 2 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Douglas compare to Kalamazoo overall?
Douglas scores 0.0 points higher than Kalamazoo overall (5.9/10). Renters spend 42% of income on rent vs 35% citywide. Average rent: $1,114 vs $1,078.
Q3
What is the average rent in Douglas?
Average gross rent in Douglas is $1,114/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Douglas residents are renters?
55% of Douglas households are renter-occupied (vs 58% in Kalamazoo). The neighborhood has 8,740 residents.
Q5
Is Douglas a high social-vulnerability area?
Douglas sits in the 53rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Douglas have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Douglas is census tract 26077000500 (score 7.3/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 4.6 to 7.3, a spread of 2.7 points.
Q7
How safe is Douglas for landlords?
Douglas carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.9/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Kalamazoo as a whole (5.9/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Douglas?
Douglas has 8,566 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (66.5%), Black (non-Hispanic) (13.7%), Other / Multiracial (9.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
