Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #61,558 of 84,120 nationally
Portage Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26077002103 · Kalamazoo County, MI · pop 2,139
Tract 26077002103 sits in Portage eviction risk, MI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.3/10. Against Kalamazoo County at 45.3%, 18% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units789
Renter share10.1%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate6.9%
Median income$81,477
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
37
th percentile
Low
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
National
27
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Portage and the region
Centroid at 42.1710, -85.5958 · click any tract to drill in
Why Portage scores 3.3
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
6.9% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,023 rent vs county FMR
3.7
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: 17
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 34%Socioeconomic
- 24%Household composition
- 7%Racial/ethnic minority
- 15%Housing & transportation
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.
- 6.9%Housing insecurity
- 5.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.5%Food insecurity
- 7.5%SNAP enrollment
- 5.0%Transit barriers
- 4.3%No health insurance
- 14.9%Frequent mental distress
- 25.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Portage
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.3/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.7/10. It sits 1.5 points below the Kalamazoo County average of 4.8.
Food insecurity runs 8.5% against 17.8% nationally. Housing insecurity runs 6.9% against 14.2% nationally. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 6.9/10.
At $1,023 a month, rents run 10% under what the rest of Portage commands. On the national scale it lands near the 27th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 10% 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.
Social vulnerability reads 2.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 15% of average household income of $81,477, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 26077002103
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26077002103?
Census tract 26077002103 in Portage 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 26077002103?
Median gross rent is $1,023/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 18% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26077002103?
6.9% of residents in tract 26077002103 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,139.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26077002103?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 24th, minority 7th, housing 15th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26077002103 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.9% 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. 5.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26077002103 compare to Portage overall?
Tract 26077002103 scores 3.3/10, 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.
Tract · MI
26077001905
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MI
26077002005
3.9
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
26077001906
3.7
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
26077001907
3.4
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
South Westnedge
3.3
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
26077002004
3.2
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
26077002002
3.1
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
Hill N' Brook
3
/ 10 · Low
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