Within neighborhood
67
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #11,988 of 84,120 nationally
Edison Eviction Risk: Elevated , Kalamazoo
Tract 26077000900 · Kalamazoo County, MI · pop 844 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Tract 26077000900 sits in the Edison area of Kalamazoo eviction risk, MI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.2/10. 38% 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
7.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units309
Renter share54.4%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate20.4%
Median income$35,469
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
36
th percentile
Low
Within county
75
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kalamazoo and the region
Centroid at 42.2856, -85.5673 · click any tract to drill in
Why Edison scores 7.2
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
20.4% poverty · this tract
5.1
Supply constraint
$1,046 rent vs county FMR
3.9
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 Edison compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 85
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 84%Socioeconomic
- 80%Household composition
- 75%Racial/ethnic minority
- 68%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
- 0%Grade B
- 16%Grade C
- 6%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)
- 58Total filings over 2 yrs
- 23.77%Avg annual filing rate
- 23.8%Peak (2016)
- 29Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Edison. 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.
- 22.2%Housing insecurity
- 16.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 29.7%Food insecurity
- 29.6%SNAP enrollment
- 14.6%Transit barriers
- 13.0%No health insurance
- 22.0%Frequent mental distress
- 36.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Edison
The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10. It sits 2.4 points above the Kalamazoo County average of 4.8. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 9.3/10.
Annualized rent equals 35% of average household income of $35,469, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 8.4/10.
SNAP participation runs 29.6% against 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 20%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Court records carry 58 eviction filings across 2 observed years. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 16.3% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
The worst year on record was 2016, when 23.8% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Kalamazoo. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
In a typical year about 23.8% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #11,988 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 26077000900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26077000900?
Census tract 26077000900 in the Edison neighborhood scores 7.2/10 (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 26077000900?
Median gross rent is $1,046/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26077000900?
20.4% of residents in tract 26077000900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 844.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26077000900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 80th, minority 75th, housing 68th.
Q5
Is tract 26077000900 considered part of Edison?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26077000900 fall within Edison (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26077000900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 58 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 26077000900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 23.77% of renter households, peaking at 23.8% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 26077000900 struggle to pay rent?
About 22.2% 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. 16.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 26077000900 compare to Kalamazoo overall?
Tract 26077000900 scores 7.2/10, 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 26077000900 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. 6% 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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