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Neighborhood · Kalamazoo, MI

Oakland/Winchell Eviction Risk: Moderate

1 census tracts · pop 2,360 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.5/10 · range 4.5–4.5

Oakland/Winchell maps to a single census tract in Kalamazoo, MI, population 2,360. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 4.5/10, Moderate tier. 52% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, markedly above the Kalamazoo rate of 34.5%.

The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10. The severe-burden share is 30%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. On the softer side is economic stress, at 1.4/10.

Running hot is housing-court posture at 8.4/10. CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 6.0% of adults, against 14.2% nationally. Court records for this tract carry 49 eviction filings.

3.6% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt. Filing activity peaked in 2018 at 8.2% of renter households. That places it #16 of 16 neighborhoods in Kalamazoo.

Judgments average 0.7% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. At 21% renter-occupied, this is predominantly owner territory, and rental comps have to be drawn from further out. For a like-for-like read, Westnedge Hill and South Westnedge score within a fraction of it.

Against average income of $120,813, annual rent is only 11%, a wide affordability cushion. Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

Because the boundary contains one tract, 4.5/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
4.5
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Oakland/Winchell vs Kalamazoo How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
51.5% +49%
Kalamazoo: 34.5%
Average gross rent
$1,079 +0%
Kalamazoo: $1,078
Average HH income
$120,813 +147%
Kalamazoo: $48,965
Poverty rate
5.4% -80%
Kalamazoo: 27.0%
Renter share
20.8% -64%
Kalamazoo: 57.7%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Oakland/Winchell and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 4.5–4.5

Why Oakland/Winchell scores 4.5

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
52% 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
21% renter households · Range 9.5–9.5 across tracts
9.5
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 8.4–8.4 across tracts
8.4
Economic stress
5.4% below poverty line · Range 1.4–1.4 across tracts
1.4
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 4.1–4.1 across tracts
4.1
Risk score comparison

Oakland/Winchell vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Oakland/Winchell score vs. parent city, state, U.S.4.5Oakland/WinchellNeighborhood5.9Parent cityhost city4.2Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

1 tracts in Oakland/Winchell

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

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
26077001601 4.5 2,360 52% $1,079
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 9

Pop-weighted across 1 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 4%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 11%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 27%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 37%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Oakland/Winchell

Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 49Total filings (sum)
  • 5.40%Avg annual filing rate
  • 8.2%Peak year (2018)
  • 8.15%Latest filed (2018)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Oakland/Winchell

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

Frequently asked

About Oakland/Winchell

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Oakland/Winchell?

Oakland/Winchell scores 4.5/10 (Moderate tier) across 1 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 Oakland/Winchell compare to Kalamazoo overall?

Oakland/Winchell scores 1.4 points lower than Kalamazoo overall (5.9/10). Renters spend 52% of income on rent vs 35% citywide. Average rent: $1,079 vs $1,078.
Q3

What is the average rent in Oakland/Winchell?

Average gross rent in Oakland/Winchell is $1,079/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Oakland/Winchell residents are renters?

21% of Oakland/Winchell households are renter-occupied (vs 58% in Kalamazoo). The neighborhood has 2,360 residents.
Q5

Is Oakland/Winchell a high social-vulnerability area?

Oakland/Winchell sits in the 9th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

How safe is Oakland/Winchell for landlords?

Oakland/Winchell carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.5/10). Pop-weighted across 1 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 lower-risk.
Q7

What is the demographic breakdown of Oakland/Winchell?

Oakland/Winchell has 2,297 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (85.5%), Black (non-Hispanic) (6.4%), Other / Multiracial (6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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