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Knollwood Eviction Risk: Elevated , Kalamazoo

Tract 26077001510 · Kalamazoo County, MI · pop 3,933 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 26077001510 (the Knollwood neighborhood of Kalamazoo, Michigan) comes in at 7.3/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than about 97% of US census tracts.

43% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 37% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $810 a month while the average household earns $28,054 a year, roughly 35% of income at the averages. About 95% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

6.4

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 41% Stable renters 54% Owners 5%

Tract context

Occupied units1,575

Renter share95.1%

SVI overall0.63

Poverty rate60.5%

Median income$28,054

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Kalamazoo and the region

Centroid at 42.2769, -85.6281 · click any tract to drill in

Why Knollwood scores 6.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

60.5% poverty · this tract

10.0

Supply constraint

$810 rent vs county FMR

1.9

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 Knollwood compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 63

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

88%Socioeconomic
2%Household composition
52%Racial/ethnic minority
87%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
17%Grade C
0%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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Knollwood. 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
18.7%Utility-shutoff threat
37.9%Food insecurity
39.3%SNAP enrollment
23.9%Transit barriers
11.3%No health insurance
31.4%Frequent mental distress
41.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Knollwood

The score leans hardest on economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Kalamazoo eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Kalamazoo County average of 6.2 and above the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

In CDC survey modeling, about 22.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 18.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 26077001510

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26077001510?

Census tract 26077001510 in the Knollwood neighborhood scores 6.4/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 26077001510?

Median gross rent is $810/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26077001510?

60.5% of residents in tract 26077001510 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,933.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26077001510?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 2th, minority 52th, housing 87th.

Is tract 26077001510 considered part of Knollwood?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26077001510 fall within Knollwood (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 26077001510 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. 18.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26077001510 compare to Kalamazoo overall?

Tract 26077001510 scores 6.4/10, higher than the parent city of Kalamazoo at 3.5/10. 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.

Was tract 26077001510 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. 0% 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Kalamazoo

Top eight tracts in Kalamazoo ranked by composite eviction-risk score.