Within parent city
80
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally
Portage Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26077001906 · Kalamazoo County, MI · pop 4,373
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 26077001906 (Portage, Michigan) comes in at 5.2/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 46% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 22% of renter households, a moderate level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,010 monthly, set against $71,622 in average yearly household income, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 60% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 46%
Owners 41%
Tract context
Occupied units2,308
Renter share59.7%
SVI overall0.32
Poverty rate9.0%
Median income$71,622
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
40
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
33
th percentile
Low
National
27
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Portage and the region
Centroid at 42.2124, -85.5963 · click any tract to drill in
Why Portage scores 2.8
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
9.0% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$1,010 rent vs county FMR
3.6
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: 32
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 38%Socioeconomic
- 9%Household composition
- 22%Racial/ethnic minority
- 64%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)
- 145Total filings over 2 yrs
- 5.10%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.9%Peak (2016)
- 61Filings 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.
- 9.5%Housing insecurity
- 6.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.7%Food insecurity
- 9.8%SNAP enrollment
- 6.7%Transit barriers
- 5.8%No health insurance
- 17.9%Frequent mental distress
- 25.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Portage
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 32nd 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 145 eviction filings here over 2 tracked years, with about 5.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 5.9% of renter households in 2016.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 26077001906
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26077001906?
Census tract 26077001906 in Portage scores 2.8/10 (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 26077001906?
Median gross rent is $1,010/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 22% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26077001906?
9.0% of residents in tract 26077001906 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,373.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26077001906?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 38th, household 9th, minority 22th, housing 64th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26077001906?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 145 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 26077001906 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.10% of renter households, peaking at 5.9% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26077001906 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.5% 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. 6.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26077001906 compare to Portage overall?
Tract 26077001906 scores 2.8/10, right in line with 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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26077001905
3.4
/ 10 · Low
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26077002005
2.9
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
26077001907
2.5
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
26077002004
2.5
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
26077002103
2.5
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
South Westnedge
2.5
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
26077002002
2.3
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
Hill N' Brook
2
/ 10 · Low
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