Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #61,558 of 84,120 nationally
South Westnedge Eviction Risk: Lower , Kalamazoo
Tract 26077003500 · Kalamazoo County, MI · pop 4,706 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
26077003500 is a census tract in the South Westnedge area of Portage, MI. It scores 3.3/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,706. Severe burden reaches 44%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units1,949
Renter share19.0%
SVI overall0.06
Poverty rate7.3%
Median income$79,491
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
39
th percentile
Low
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kalamazoo and the region
Centroid at 42.2339, -85.5838 · click any tract to drill in
Why South Westnedge scores 3.3
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
7.3% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,057 rent vs county FMR
4.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kalamazoo
4.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kalamazoo
6.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kalamazoo
4.4
How South Westnedge compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 6
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 28%Socioeconomic
- 4%Household composition
- 26%Racial/ethnic minority
- 9%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)
- 58Total filings over 2 yrs
- 8.66%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.7%Peak (2016)
- 29Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within South Westnedge. 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.
- 10.2%Housing insecurity
- 7.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.3%Food insecurity
- 12.4%SNAP enrollment
- 7.3%Transit barriers
- 6.3%No health insurance
- 17.9%Frequent mental distress
- 28.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in South Westnedge
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.3/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.8/10.
Against the Kalamazoo County average of 4.8, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.5 points. Cost burden runs 51% here against 45.3% across Kalamazoo County. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 58 filings here across 2 tracked years.
On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 6.9/10. The worst year on record was 2016, when 8.7% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 8.7% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #61,558 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Only 19% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.6/10.
Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $79,491, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 26077003500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26077003500?
Census tract 26077003500 in the South Westnedge neighborhood scores 3.3/10 (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 26077003500?
Median gross rent is $1,057/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26077003500?
7.3% of residents in tract 26077003500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,706.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26077003500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 6th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 4th, minority 26th, housing 9th.
Q5
Is tract 26077003500 considered part of South Westnedge?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26077003500 fall within South Westnedge (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26077003500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 58 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 26077003500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.66% of renter households, peaking at 8.7% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 26077003500 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.2% 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. 7.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 26077003500 compare to Kalamazoo overall?
Tract 26077003500 scores 3.3/10, lower 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Kalamazoo
Top eight tracts in Kalamazoo ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
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3.9
/ 10 · Low
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26077001906
3.7
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
26077001907
3.4
/ 10 · Low
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26077002103
3.3
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
26077002004
3.2
/ 10 · Low
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26077002002
3.1
/ 10 · Low
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3
/ 10 · Low
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