1 census tracts · pop 2,661 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.7/10
· range 4.7–4.7
Westnedge Hill is a one-tract neighborhood of Kalamazoo, MI, population 2,661. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 4.7/10, in the Moderate tier. The severe-burden share is 37%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
What pushes the score up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10. Against a Kalamazoo baseline of 34.5%, 46% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
On the high side is housing-court posture at 8.4/10. Running hot is rent-regulation exposure at 8/10.
Average gross rent is $1,264, 17% above the Kalamazoo average of $1,078. Court records for this tract carry 29 eviction filings.
Food insecurity affects 6.6% of adults, 11.2 points below the national rate. 3.5% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt.
Filing activity peaked in 2018 at 6.8% of renter households. That places it #15 of 16 neighborhoods in Kalamazoo. Judgments average 2.6% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 4.7/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Westnedge Hill vs KalamazooHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority28%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport13%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Westnedge Hill
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
29Total filings (sum)
6.17%Avg annual filing rate
6.8%Peak year (2018)
6.81%Latest filed (2018)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Westnedge Hill
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
5.9%Housing insecurity
4.6%Utility shutoff threat
6.6%Food insecurity
5.5%SNAP enrollment
3.5%No health insurance
21.9%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Westnedge Hill
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Westnedge Hill?
Westnedge Hill scores 4.7/10 (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 Westnedge Hill compare to Kalamazoo overall?
Westnedge Hill scores 1.2 points lower than Kalamazoo overall (5.9/10). Renters spend 46% of income on rent vs 35% citywide. Average rent: $1,264 vs $1,078.
Q3
What is the average rent in Westnedge Hill?
Average gross rent in Westnedge Hill is $1,264/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Westnedge Hill residents are renters?
14% of Westnedge Hill households are renter-occupied (vs 58% in Kalamazoo). The neighborhood has 2,661 residents.
Q5
Is Westnedge Hill a high social-vulnerability area?
Westnedge Hill sits in the 5th 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 Westnedge Hill for landlords?
Westnedge Hill carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.7/10). 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 Westnedge Hill?
Westnedge Hill has 2,708 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (83.3%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (4.4%), Hispanic / Latino (4.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
