Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #11,153 of 84,120 nationally
Eastside Eviction Risk: Elevated , Kalamazoo
Tract 26077000100 · Kalamazoo County, MI · pop 2,273 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
26077000100 is a census tract in the Eastside area of Kalamazoo, MI. It scores 7.3/10 for landlords. 58% 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
7.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units862
Renter share45.0%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate39.2%
Median income$38,663
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
72
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
99
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kalamazoo and the region
Centroid at 42.2988, -85.5624 · click any tract to drill in
Why Eastside scores 7.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Kalamazoo
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
39.2% poverty · this tract
9.8
Supply constraint
$1,176 rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kalamazoo
8.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kalamazoo
9.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kalamazoo
8.4
How Eastside compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 90
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 83%Socioeconomic
- 89%Household composition
- 79%Racial/ethnic minority
- 81%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.
- 0%Grade A
- 8%Grade B
- 42%Grade C
- 7%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)
- 202Total filings over 2 yrs
- 25.97%Avg annual filing rate
- 30.1%Peak (2016)
- 85Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
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.
- 30.7%Housing insecurity
- 25.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 42.5%Food insecurity
- 47.7%SNAP enrollment
- 21.3%Transit barriers
- 12.8%No health insurance
- 24.9%Frequent mental distress
- 42.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Eastside
68% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Kalamazoo County average of 45.3%. Food insecurity runs 42.5% against 17.8% nationally. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 9.8/10.
Against the Kalamazoo County average of 4.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.5 points. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.5/10.
The poverty rate is 39%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 9.3/10.
Set annual rent against average income of $38,663 and the ratio lands at 37%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Housing insecurity runs 30.7% against 14.2% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 202 evictions over 2 years of observation.
At $1,176 a month, rents run 9% over what the rest of Kalamazoo commands. Filings peaked in 2016 at 30.1% of renter households.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 26077000100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26077000100?
Census tract 26077000100 in the Eastside neighborhood scores 7.3/10 (Elevated 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 26077000100?
Median gross rent is $1,176/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 68% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26077000100?
39.2% of residents in tract 26077000100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,273.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26077000100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 89th, minority 79th, housing 81th.
Q5
Is tract 26077000100 considered part of Eastside?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26077000100 fall within Eastside (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26077000100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 202 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 26077000100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 25.97% of renter households, peaking at 30.1% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 26077000100 struggle to pay rent?
About 30.7% 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. 25.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 26077000100 compare to Kalamazoo overall?
Tract 26077000100 scores 7.3/10, higher than the parent city of Kalamazoo at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kalamazoo eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 26077000100 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. 7% 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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