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Neighborhood · Ranked #75,086 of 84,120 nationally

Ramona Park Eviction Risk: Lower , Portage

Tract 26077002102 · Kalamazoo County, MI · pop 3,005 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

The Ramona Park neighborhood of Portage is where census tract 26077002102 sits, home to 3,005 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.3/10. That is riskier than roughly 49% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 27% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 6% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,103 monthly, set against $104,635 in average yearly household income, roughly 13% of income at the averages. About 12% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
1.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3% Stable renters 9% Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units1,197
Renter share11.7%
SVI overall0.07
Poverty rate4.6%
Median income$104,635

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Ramona Park
Moderate
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#11 of 11 tracts In Portage
Very Low
Within county
15 th percentile
Rank, 15th percentileLowHigh
#58 of 68 tracts In Kalamazoo County
Very Low
Within state
12 th percentile
Rank, 12th percentileLowHigh
#2,624 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Portage and the region

Centroid at 42.1745, -85.5578 · click any tract to drill in

Why Ramona Park scores 1.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Portage
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
4.6% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,103 rent vs county FMR
4.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Portage
4.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Portage
6.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Portage
4.4

How Ramona Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Ramona Park risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 1.91.9This tracttract 002102Portage: 3.03.0Portageparent cityCounty: 3.73.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 7

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

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)

  • 17Total filings over 2 yrs
  • 5.67%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.0%Peak (2016)
  • 8Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Ramona Park

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 6.9/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Portage eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Kalamazoo County average of 6.2 and below the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 7th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

In CDC survey modeling, about 6.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 26077002102

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26077002102?

Census tract 26077002102 in the Ramona Park neighborhood scores 1.9/10 (Lower 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 26077002102?

Median gross rent is $1,103/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26077002102?

4.6% of residents in tract 26077002102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,005.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26077002102?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 7th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 18th, household 22th, minority 25th, housing 5th.
Q5

Is tract 26077002102 considered part of Ramona Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26077002102 fall within Ramona Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26077002102?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 17 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 26077002102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.67% of renter households, peaking at 6.0% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 26077002102 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.5% 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. 4.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 26077002102 compare to Portage overall?

Tract 26077002102 scores 1.9/10, lower than the parent city of Portage at 3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Portage eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Portage

Top eight tracts in Portage ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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