Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally
Portage Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26077001905 · Kalamazoo County, MI · pop 5,205
Tract 26077001905 sits in Portage eviction risk, MI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.6/10. Population here is 5,205. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.3/10.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units2,292
Renter share45.4%
SVI overall0.50
Poverty rate13.3%
Median income$55,800
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
57
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
67
th percentile
Elevated
National
53
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Portage and the region
Centroid at 42.2127, -85.5516 · click any tract to drill in
Why Portage scores 4.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
13.3% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$884 rent vs county FMR
2.5
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 Portage compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 50
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 34%Socioeconomic
- 28%Household composition
- 35%Racial/ethnic minority
- 88%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)
- 433Total filings over 2 yrs
- 17.62%Avg annual filing rate
- 18.1%Peak (2018)
- 222Filings 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.
- 11.4%Housing insecurity
- 8.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.5%Food insecurity
- 15.1%SNAP enrollment
- 8.3%Transit barriers
- 7.0%No health insurance
- 18.5%Frequent mental distress
- 32.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Portage
29% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Average gross rent is $884, 22% below the Portage average. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.5/10.
The filing record is not thin: 433 evictions over 2 years of observation. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 6.9/10. Filings peaked in 2018 at 18.1% of renter households.
In a typical year about 17.6% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 53rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.5/10.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. 45% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.
It tracks the Kalamazoo County average of 4.8 closely. Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $55,800. 45% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
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 26077001905
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26077001905?
Census tract 26077001905 in Portage scores 4.6/10 (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 26077001905?
Median gross rent is $884/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26077001905?
13.3% of residents in tract 26077001905 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,205.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26077001905?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 50th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 28th, minority 35th, housing 88th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26077001905?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 433 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 26077001905 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 17.62% of renter households, peaking at 18.1% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26077001905 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.4% 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. 8.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26077001905 compare to Portage overall?
Tract 26077001905 scores 4.6/10, higher than the parent city of Portage at 4/10. 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.
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Highest-risk tracts in Portage
Top eight tracts in Portage ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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