Within parent city
90
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #50,654 of 84,120 nationally
Portage Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26077002005 · Kalamazoo County, MI · pop 4,179
Census tract 26077002005 covers part of Portage, MI, and scores 3.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. At $491 a month, rents run 57% under what the rest of Portage commands.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units1,606
Renter share35.2%
SVI overall0.49
Poverty rate14.8%
Median income$87,632
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
51
th percentile
Moderate
National
40
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Portage and the region
Centroid at 42.2134, -85.6201 · click any tract to drill in
Why Portage scores 3.9
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
14.8% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$491 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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: 49
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 56%Socioeconomic
- 61%Household composition
- 42%Racial/ethnic minority
- 32%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
- 14.22%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.9%Peak (2016)
- 69Filings 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.
- 10.5%Housing insecurity
- 7.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.9%Food insecurity
- 13.1%SNAP enrollment
- 7.5%Transit barriers
- 6.0%No health insurance
- 17.6%Frequent mental distress
- 29.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Portage
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.3/10. Severe burden reaches 26%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10.
It sits 0.9 points below the Kalamazoo County average of 4.8. Court records carry 145 eviction filings across 2 observed years. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 6.9/10.
The worst year on record was 2016, when 14.9% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 14.2% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 40% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.4/10.
Rent consumes only 7% of average household income of $87,632, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 45% of renters.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 26077002005
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26077002005?
Census tract 26077002005 in Portage scores 3.9/10 (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 26077002005?
Median gross rent is $491/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26077002005?
14.8% of residents in tract 26077002005 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,179.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26077002005?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 49th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 61th, minority 42th, housing 32th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26077002005?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 145 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 26077002005 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.22% of renter households, peaking at 14.9% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26077002005 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.5% 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. 7.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26077002005 compare to Portage overall?
Tract 26077002005 scores 3.9/10, right in line with 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Portage
Top eight tracts in Portage ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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26077001905
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MI
26077001906
3.7
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
26077001907
3.4
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
26077002103
3.3
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
South Westnedge
3.3
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
26077002004
3.2
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
26077002002
3.1
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
Ramona Park
3
/ 10 · Low
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