Within parent city
70
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #59,654 of 84,120 nationally
Portage Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26077001907 · Kalamazoo County, MI · pop 4,774
26077001907 is a census tract in Portage, MI. It scores 3.4/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,774 residents. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.3/10.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 56%
Tract context
Occupied units2,019
Renter share44.5%
SVI overall0.53
Poverty rate6.0%
Median income$73,207
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
40
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
38
th percentile
Low
National
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Portage and the region
Centroid at 42.2228, -85.6017 · click any tract to drill in
Why Portage scores 3.4
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
6.0% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,274 rent vs county FMR
5.8
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 Portage compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 53
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 67%Socioeconomic
- 38%Household composition
- 38%Racial/ethnic minority
- 43%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)
- 92Total filings over 2 yrs
- 5.80%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.9%Peak (2016)
- 45Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 9.0%Housing insecurity
- 6.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.9%Food insecurity
- 9.4%SNAP enrollment
- 6.4%Transit barriers
- 5.7%No health insurance
- 17.2%Frequent mental distress
- 27.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Portage
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.5/10. Against the Kalamazoo County average of 4.8, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.4 points.
Severe burden reaches 15%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Court records carry 92 eviction filings across 2 observed years.
Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 6.9/10. Average gross rent is $1,274, 12% above the Portage average.
The worst year on record was 2016, when 5.9% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 5.8% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #59,654 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.8/10. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 0.8 points cooler.
Poverty sits at 6%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 26077001907
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26077001907?
Census tract 26077001907 in Portage scores 3.4/10 (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 26077001907?
Median gross rent is $1,274/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26077001907?
6.0% of residents in tract 26077001907 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,774.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26077001907?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 53th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 67th, household 38th, minority 38th, housing 43th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26077001907?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 92 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 26077001907 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.80% of renter households, peaking at 5.9% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26077001907 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.0% 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. 6.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26077001907 compare to Portage overall?
Tract 26077001907 scores 3.4/10, 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Portage
Top eight tracts in Portage ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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26077001905
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
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26077002005
3.9
/ 10 · Low
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26077001906
3.7
/ 10 · Low
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26077002103
3.3
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
South Westnedge
3.3
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
26077002004
3.2
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
26077002002
3.1
/ 10 · Low
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Hill N' Brook
3
/ 10 · Low
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