2 census tracts · pop 4,820 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.3/10
· range 7.3–7.3
Northside takes in 2 census tracts of Kalamazoo, MI, population 4,820. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 7.3/10, Elevated tier. SNAP participation is 49.9% of households versus 15.2% nationally.
Food insecurity affects 44.8% of adults, 27.0 points above the national rate. What pushes the score up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10. The severe-burden share is 28%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
The poverty rate is 34%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. Against a Kalamazoo baseline of 34.5%, 44% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line. Running hot is housing-court posture at 8.4/10.
On the high side is economic stress at 8.3/10. At $880 a month, rents sit 18% under what the rest of Kalamazoo commands. Court records carry 458 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts.
Filing activity peaked in 2018 at 35.3% of renter households. That places it #1 of 16 neighborhoods in Kalamazoo.
Judgments average 9.5% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. For a like-for-like read, West Main Hill and Arcadia score within a fraction of it.
With little internal variation, 7.3/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
7.3
Elevated
2 tracts · population-weighted
Northside vs KalamazooHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority92%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport64%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Northside
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
458Total filings (sum)
22.34%Avg annual filing rate
35.3%Peak year (2018)
21.81%Latest filed (2018)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Northside
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
33.1%Housing insecurity
27.5%Utility shutoff threat
45.4%Food insecurity
50.5%SNAP enrollment
13.1%No health insurance
43.6%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Northside
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Northside?
Northside scores 7.3/10 (Elevated tier) across 2 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.
Q2
How does Northside compare to Kalamazoo overall?
Northside scores 1.4 points higher than Kalamazoo overall (5.9/10). Renters spend 44% of income on rent vs 35% citywide. Average rent: $880 vs $1,078.
Q3
What is the average rent in Northside?
Average gross rent in Northside is $880/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Northside residents are renters?
60% of Northside households are renter-occupied (vs 58% in Kalamazoo). The neighborhood has 4,820 residents.
Q5
Is Northside a high social-vulnerability area?
Northside sits in the 89th 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.
Q6
Which tracts in Northside have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Northside is census tract 26077000300 (score 7.3/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 7.3 to 7.3, a spread of 0 points.
Q7
How safe is Northside for landlords?
Northside carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.3/10). Pop-weighted across 2 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.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Northside?
Northside has 4,512 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (82%), White (non-Hispanic) (8.3%), Other / Multiracial (5.7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
