Within parent city
30
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #69,776 of 84,120 nationally
Portage Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26077002002 · Kalamazoo County, MI · pop 4,211
Census tract 26077002002 belongs to Portage, Michigan. It is home to 4,211 residents and scores 5.7/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 65% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 39% of renter households, a high level, and 7% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,317 monthly, set against $81,218 in average yearly household income, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 48% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units2,042
Renter share48.0%
SVI overall0.13
Poverty rate5.0%
Median income$81,218
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
22
th percentile
Low
Within state
20
th percentile
Low
National
17
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Portage and the region
Centroid at 42.1747, -85.6231 · click any tract to drill in
Why Portage scores 2.3
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
5.0% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$1,317 rent vs county FMR
6.2
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: 13
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 27%Socioeconomic
- 18%Household composition
- 25%Racial/ethnic minority
- 14%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)
- 33Total filings over 2 yrs
- 2.03%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.1%Peak (2018)
- 17Filings 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.
- 7.6%Housing insecurity
- 5.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.0%Food insecurity
- 7.5%SNAP enrollment
- 5.5%Transit barriers
- 4.9%No health insurance
- 16.3%Frequent mental distress
- 25.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Portage
The heaviest input here is 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 in line with the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 33 eviction filings here over 2 tracked years, with about 2.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 2.1% of renter households in 2018.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 26077002002
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26077002002?
Census tract 26077002002 in Portage scores 2.3/10 (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 26077002002?
Median gross rent is $1,317/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26077002002?
5.0% of residents in tract 26077002002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,211.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26077002002?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 13th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 27th, household 18th, minority 25th, housing 14th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26077002002?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 33 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 26077002002 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.03% of renter households, peaking at 2.1% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26077002002 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.6% 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. 5.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26077002002 compare to Portage overall?
Tract 26077002002 scores 2.3/10, 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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26077001905
3.4
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
26077002005
2.9
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
26077001906
2.8
/ 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
26077001907
2.5
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
26077002104
2
/ 10 · Low
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