Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #44,239 of 84,120 nationally
Galesburg Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26077006701 · Kalamazoo County, MI · pop 2,982 · 7% of tract blocks fall in Galesburg
With a score of 4.3/10, tract 26077006701 in Galesburg, MI reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,982 residents. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.3/10.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units1,031
Renter share11.9%
SVI overall0.53
Poverty rate13.7%
Median income$68,512
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
51
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
60
th percentile
Elevated
National
47
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Galesburg and the region
Centroid at 42.2943, -85.3467 · click any tract to drill in
Why Galesburg scores 4.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Galesburg
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
13.7% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$1,108 rent vs county FMR
4.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Galesburg
8.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Galesburg
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Galesburg
8.3
How Galesburg 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.
- 48%Socioeconomic
- 73%Household composition
- 15%Racial/ethnic minority
- 55%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)
- 119Total filings over 2 yrs
- 32.69%Avg annual filing rate
- 37.9%Peak (2016)
- 50Filings 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.
- 10.3%Housing insecurity
- 7.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.7%Food insecurity
- 13.2%SNAP enrollment
- 7.4%Transit barriers
- 6.3%No health insurance
- 18.7%Frequent mental distress
- 30.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Galesburg
On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.4/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 8.3/10.
At $1,108 a month, rents run 23% over what the rest of Galesburg commands. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 119 filings here across 2 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2016 at 37.9% of renter households.
In a typical year about 32.7% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 47th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 12% 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.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 46% of renters. It tracks the Kalamazoo County average of 4.8 closely.
Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $68,512.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 26077006701
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26077006701?
Census tract 26077006701 in Galesburg scores 4.3/10 (Moderate 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 26077006701?
Median gross rent is $1,108/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26077006701?
13.7% of residents in tract 26077006701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,982.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26077006701?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 53th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 73th, minority 15th, housing 55th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26077006701?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 119 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 26077006701 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 32.69% of renter households, peaking at 37.9% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26077006701 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.3% 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. 7.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26077006701 compare to Galesburg overall?
Tract 26077006701 scores 4.3/10, higher than the parent city of Galesburg at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Galesburg; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Galesburg
Top eight tracts in Galesburg ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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