Neighborhood · Kalamazoo, MI

Edison Eviction Risk: Elevated

4 census tracts · pop 8,236 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6.4/10 · range 4.8–7.3

Edison spans 4 census tracts of Kalamazoo, MI and houses 8,236 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 6.4/10, in the Elevated tier. Against a Kalamazoo baseline of 34.5%, about half of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.

What pushes the score up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.2/10. The 4 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 4.8 to 7.3, a 2.5-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address.

SNAP participation is 35.4% of households versus 15.2% nationally. 18% 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.

Sitting well above the midpoint is rent-regulation exposure at 8/10. On the high side is housing-court posture at 8/10.

CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 24.0% of adults, against 14.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 19%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Filings are well documented here: 162 across 2 observed tracts.

Filing activity peaked in 2018 at 23.8% of renter households. Among the 16 mapped neighborhoods of Kalamazoo, it ranks #10 by risk, the middle third.

For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 6.4 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score

6.4

Elevated

4 tracts · population-weighted

Edison vs Kalamazoo How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average

% of income on rent

50.3% +46%

Kalamazoo: 34.5%

Average gross rent

$1,040 -4%

Kalamazoo: $1,078

Average HH income

$44,285 -10%

Kalamazoo: $48,965

Poverty rate

19.4% -28%

Kalamazoo: 27.0%

Renter share

43.0% -26%

Kalamazoo: 57.7%

Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Edison and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 4 tracts span score 4.8–7.3

Why Edison scores 6.4

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly

State political climate

legislature & governorship · Range 3.3–3.3 across tracts

3.3

Regional political climate

County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 5.9–5.9 across tracts

5.9

Local political climate

Parent city governance · Range 6.3–6.3 across tracts

6.3

Rent control risk

50% of income on rent · Range 8.0–8.0 across tracts

8.0

Eviction process difficulty

State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 3.5–3.5 across tracts

3.5

Tenant organizing strength

43% renter households · Range 8.4–9.5 across tracts

9.2

Housing court bias

County bench composition · Range 6.8–8.4 across tracts

8.0

Economic stress

19.4% below poverty line · Range 3.2–6.7 across tracts

4.9

Supply constraint

Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 2.3–6.4 across tracts

3.8

Risk score comparison

Edison vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Edison?

Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.

Score distribution

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Spread of 2.5 points from 4.8 to 7.3. This neighborhood crosses multiple risk tiers, so block-by-block conditions vary substantially.

Tracts as heat grid

7.3 7.2 6.4 4.8

Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.

Census tracts

4 tracts in Edison

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract↕	Score↕	Pop↕	% over 30% on rent↕	Average rent↕
26077001002	7.3	3,188	40%	$862
26077000900	7.2	844	42%	$1,046
26077001001	6.4	2,146	75%	$1,349
26077001803	4.8	2,058	44%	$990

Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 75

Pop-weighted across 4 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 69%ile

Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden

Household characteristics 76%ile

Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+

Racial/ethnic minority 70%ile

Hispanic + non-white share of population

Housing & transport 64%ile

Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle

Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Edison

Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

162Total filings (sum)
20.78%Avg annual filing rate
23.8%Peak year (2018)
22.91%Latest filed (2018)

CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Edison

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

24.6%Housing insecurity
19.3%Utility shutoff threat
34.5%Food insecurity
36.8%SNAP enrollment
14.2%No health insurance
39.8%Any disability

Frequently asked

About Edison

What is the eviction-risk score for Edison?

Edison scores 6.4/10 (Elevated tier) across 4 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.

How does Edison compare to Kalamazoo overall?

Edison scores 0.5 points higher than Kalamazoo overall (5.9/10). Renters spend 50% of income on rent vs 35% citywide. Average rent: $1,040 vs $1,078.

What is the average rent in Edison?

Average gross rent in Edison is $1,040/month (pop-weighted across 4 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What percentage of Edison residents are renters?

43% of Edison households are renter-occupied (vs 58% in Kalamazoo). The neighborhood has 8,236 residents.

Is Edison a high social-vulnerability area?

Edison sits in the 75th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.

Which tracts in Edison have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Edison is census tract 26077001002 (score 7.3/10). Across the 4 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 4.8 to 7.3, a spread of 2.5 points.

How safe is Edison for landlords?

Edison carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6.4/10). Pop-weighted across 4 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 higher-risk.

What is the demographic breakdown of Edison?

Edison has 8,803 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (42%), Black (non-Hispanic) (29%), Hispanic / Latino (26.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.

Nearby

Other neighborhoods near Edison

6.7 Milwood 2 tracts · pop 8,636 7.3 Vine 2 tracts · pop 6,616 7.3 Northside 2 tracts · pop 4,820 5.9 South Westnedge 3 tracts · pop 11,901 5 Eastwood 3 tracts · pop 14,203 6 Douglas 2 tracts · pop 8,740

Sibling neighborhoods

Other neighborhoods inside Kalamazoo

Same parent city, ranked by score similarity to Edison.

6.4 Parkview Hills 1 tracts · pop 1,650 6.6 Milwood 2 tracts · pop 8,636 6.2 Oakwood 1 tracts · pop 1,563 5.9 Douglas 2 tracts · pop 8,740 5.9 Westwood 3 tracts · pop 9,838 5.7 South Westnedge 3 tracts · pop 11,901

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