Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Hill N' Brook Eviction Risk: Lower , Portage
Tract 26077002003 · Kalamazoo County, MI · pop 6,397 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
With a score of 3/10, tract 26077002003 in the Hill N' Brook area of Portage, MI reads lower for landlord eviction risk. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.3/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units2,582
Renter share28.7%
SVI overall0.13
Poverty rate4.4%
Median income$96,875
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
3
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
26
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Portage and the region
Centroid at 42.2315, -85.6332 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hill N' Brook scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Portage
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
4.4% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,462 rent vs county FMR
7.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Portage
4.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Portage
6.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Portage
4.4
How Hill N' Brook compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 13
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 10%Socioeconomic
- 27%Household composition
- 44%Racial/ethnic minority
- 21%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)
- 42Total filings over 2 yrs
- 3.12%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.3%Peak (2016)
- 13Filings 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.
- 7.2%Housing insecurity
- 5.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.1%Food insecurity
- 6.4%SNAP enrollment
- 5.0%Transit barriers
- 4.1%No health insurance
- 15.3%Frequent mental distress
- 22.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hill N' Brook
Running cool, economic stress reads 1.1/10. Average gross rent is $1,462, 29% above the Portage average.
It sits 1.8 points below the Kalamazoo County average of 4.8. The voucher gap is 23.8%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
39% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Kalamazoo County average of 45.3%. Severe burden reaches 11%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running hot, supply constraint reads 7.4/10.
SNAP participation runs 6.4% against 15.2% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 42 filings here across 2 tracked years. Adults with no health insurance runs 4.1% against 11.3% nationally.
The worst year on record was 2016, when 4.3% of renter households were served.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 26077002003
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26077002003?
Census tract 26077002003 in the Hill N' Brook neighborhood 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 26077002003?
Median gross rent is $1,462/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26077002003?
4.4% of residents in tract 26077002003 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,397.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26077002003?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 13th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 27th, minority 44th, housing 21th.
Q5
Is tract 26077002003 considered part of Hill N' Brook?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26077002003 fall within Hill N' Brook (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26077002003?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 42 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 26077002003 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.12% of renter households, peaking at 4.3% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 26077002003 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.2% 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. 5.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 26077002003 compare to Portage overall?
Tract 26077002003 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Portage at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Portage eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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3.9
/ 10 · Low
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26077001906
3.7
/ 10 · Low
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3.4
/ 10 · Low
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3.3
/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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3.1
/ 10 · Low
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