Neighborhood · Ranked #11,153 of 84,120 nationally

Edison Eviction Risk: Elevated , Kalamazoo

Tract 26077001002 · Kalamazoo County, MI · pop 3,188 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

26077001002 is a census tract in the Edison area of Kalamazoo, MI. It scores 7.3/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,188 residents. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10.

Risk score

7.3

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 25% Stable renters 39% Owners 36%

Tract context

Occupied units1,590

Renter share63.9%

SVI overall0.72

Poverty rate26.7%

Median income$33,994

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Kalamazoo and the region

Centroid at 42.2765, -85.5692 · click any tract to drill in

Why Edison scores 7.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

26.7% poverty · this tract

6.7

Supply constraint

$862 rent vs county FMR

2.3

Rent control risk

Inherited from Kalamazoo

8.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

3.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Kalamazoo

9.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Kalamazoo

8.4

How Edison compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 72

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

48%Socioeconomic
71%Household composition
79%Racial/ethnic minority
84%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
72%Grade C
4%Grade D · redlined

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Edison. 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.

26.5%Housing insecurity
20.8%Utility-shutoff threat
36.6%Food insecurity
38.7%SNAP enrollment
18.3%Transit barriers
14.9%No health insurance
23.3%Frequent mental distress
39.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Edison

Against the Kalamazoo County average of 4.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.5 points. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 9.3/10. Food insecurity runs 36.6% against 17.8% nationally.

Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 8.4/10. The poverty rate is 27%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Housing insecurity runs 26.5% against 14.2% nationally. Average gross rent is $862, 20% below the Kalamazoo average.

Severe burden reaches 13%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. 40% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Kalamazoo County average of 45.3%. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Kalamazoo. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

Nationally it ranks #11,153 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.5/10. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 3.1 points hotter.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 26077001002

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26077001002?

Census tract 26077001002 in the Edison neighborhood scores 7.3/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 26077001002?

Median gross rent is $862/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26077001002?

26.7% of residents in tract 26077001002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,188.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26077001002?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 71th, minority 79th, housing 84th.

Is tract 26077001002 considered part of Edison?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26077001002 fall within Edison (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 26077001002 struggle to pay rent?

About 26.5% 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. 20.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26077001002 compare to Kalamazoo overall?

Tract 26077001002 scores 7.3/10, higher 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.

Was tract 26077001002 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 4% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.

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