Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #11,153 of 84,120 nationally
South Westnedge Eviction Risk: Elevated , Kalamazoo
Tract 26077001701 · Kalamazoo County, MI · pop 3,235 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Census tract 26077001701 covers part of the South Westnedge area of Kalamazoo, MI, and scores 7.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10.
Risk score
7.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units1,543
Renter share33.7%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate21.1%
Median income$44,838
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
52
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
94
th percentile
Very High
Within state
99
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kalamazoo and the region
Centroid at 42.2531, -85.6009 · click any tract to drill in
Why South Westnedge scores 7.3
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
21.1% poverty · this tract
5.3
Supply constraint
$885 rent vs county FMR
2.5
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 South Westnedge compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 52
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 62%Socioeconomic
- 10%Household composition
- 41%Racial/ethnic minority
- 75%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 17%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 12%Grade C
- 0%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.
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)
- 185Total filings over 2 yrs
- 13.33%Avg annual filing rate
- 13.7%Peak (2018)
- 95Filings 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.
- 13.1%Housing insecurity
- 10.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.3%Food insecurity
- 18.9%SNAP enrollment
- 9.6%Transit barriers
- 7.8%No health insurance
- 18.8%Frequent mental distress
- 32.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in South Westnedge
Against the Kalamazoo County average of 4.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.5 points. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 9.3/10. Running hot, housing-court posture reads 8.4/10.
The severe-burden share is 17%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The poverty rate is 21%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
At $885 a month, rents run 18% under what the rest of Kalamazoo commands. The filing record is not thin: 185 evictions over 2 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2018, when 13.7% of renter households were served.
This ground was mapped A ("Best") 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. In a typical year about 13.3% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 87% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.7/10. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 3.1 points hotter.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 26077001701
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26077001701?
Census tract 26077001701 in the South Westnedge 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.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 26077001701?
Median gross rent is $885/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26077001701?
21.1% of residents in tract 26077001701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,235.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26077001701?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 62th, household 10th, minority 41th, housing 75th.
Q5
Is tract 26077001701 considered part of South Westnedge?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26077001701 fall within South Westnedge (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26077001701?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 185 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 26077001701 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.33% of renter households, peaking at 13.7% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 26077001701 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.1% 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. 10.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 26077001701 compare to Kalamazoo overall?
Tract 26077001701 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.
Q9
Was tract 26077001701 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 0% 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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