Within parent city
10
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Portage Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26077002104 · Kalamazoo County, MI · pop 6,231
Tract 26077002104 sits in Portage eviction risk, MI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. Population here is 6,231. Cost burden runs about one in five here against 45.3% across Kalamazoo County.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 93%
Tract context
Occupied units2,203
Renter share7.5%
SVI overall0.15
Poverty rate4.0%
Median income$92,635
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
22
th percentile
Low
Within state
26
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Portage and the region
Centroid at 42.1940, -85.5786 · click any tract to drill in
Why Portage scores 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
4.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,280 rent vs county FMR
5.8
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: 15
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 20%Socioeconomic
- 24%Household composition
- 11%Racial/ethnic minority
- 24%Housing & transportation
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.
- 6.4%Housing insecurity
- 4.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.5%Food insecurity
- 6.1%SNAP enrollment
- 4.6%Transit barriers
- 4.3%No health insurance
- 14.9%Frequent mental distress
- 24.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Portage
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.3/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1/10. Against the Kalamazoo County average of 4.8, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.8 points.
Food insecurity runs 7.5% against 17.8% nationally. Housing insecurity runs 6.4% against 14.2% nationally. Average gross rent is $1,280, 13% above the Portage average.
Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 6.9/10. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Only 8% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Social vulnerability reads 2.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Against average income of $92,635, annual rent is just 17%.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 26077002104
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26077002104?
Census tract 26077002104 in Portage scores 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 26077002104?
Median gross rent is $1,280/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 19% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26077002104?
4.0% of residents in tract 26077002104 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,231.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26077002104?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 15th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 24th, minority 11th, housing 24th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26077002104 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.4% 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. 4.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26077002104 compare to Portage overall?
Tract 26077002104 scores 3/10, lower 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.
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
26077002005
3.9
/ 10 · Low
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
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