Neighborhood · Ranked #44,239 of 84,120 nationally
Northwood Eviction Risk: Moderate , Parchment
Tract 26077001300 ·
Kalamazoo County, MI · pop 2,041 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
Tract 26077001300 sits in the Northwood area of Parchment, MI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.3/10. Population here is 2,041. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.3/10.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%Stable renters 23%Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units909
Renter share43.1%
SVI overall0.44
Poverty rate8.9%
Median income$54,572
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100th percentile
#1 of 2 tracts In Northwood
Very High
Within parent city
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Parchment
Moderate
Within county
49th percentile
#35 of 68 tracts In Kalamazoo County
Moderate
Within state
60th percentile
#1,184 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Parchment and the region
Centroid at 42.3275, -85.5653 · click any tract to drill in
Why Northwood scores 4.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Parchment
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
8.9% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$1,024 rent vs county FMR
3.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Parchment
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Parchment
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Parchment
5.4
How Northwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 44
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
64%Socioeconomic
29%Household composition
43%Racial/ethnic minority
29%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
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
12.6%Housing insecurity
9.3%Utility-shutoff threat
15.8%Food insecurity
15.3%SNAP enrollment
8.5%Transit barriers
6.5%No health insurance
19.6%Frequent mental distress
29.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Northwood
Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.5/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.2/10. 13% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
The filing record is not thin: 113 evictions over 2 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2016, when 17.6% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 17.4% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 47% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
46% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. It tracks the Kalamazoo County average of 4.8 closely. Average gross rent is $1,024, close to the Parchment average.
Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $54,572. 43% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 26077001300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26077001300?
Census tract 26077001300 in the Northwood neighborhood 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 26077001300?
Median gross rent is $1,024/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26077001300?
8.9% of residents in tract 26077001300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,041.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26077001300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 44th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 29th, minority 43th, housing 29th.
Q5
Is tract 26077001300 considered part of Northwood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26077001300 fall within Northwood (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26077001300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 113 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 26077001300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 17.44% of renter households, peaking at 17.6% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 26077001300 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.6% 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. 9.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 26077001300 compare to Parchment overall?
Tract 26077001300 scores 4.3/10, right in line with the parent city of Parchment at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Parchment; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.