Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #65,414 of 84,120 nationally
Schoolcraft Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26077006102 · Kalamazoo County, MI · pop 3,673 · 37% of tract blocks fall in Schoolcraft
Census tract 26077006102 covers part of Schoolcraft, MI, and scores 3.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,673 residents. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.3/10.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units1,449
Renter share20.6%
SVI overall0.16
Poverty rate7.0%
Median income$78,520
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
30
th percentile
Low
Within state
29
th percentile
Low
National
22
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Schoolcraft and the region
Centroid at 42.1175, -85.6167 · click any tract to drill in
Why Schoolcraft scores 3.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Schoolcraft
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
7.0% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$883 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Schoolcraft
7.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Schoolcraft
5.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Schoolcraft
5.6
How Schoolcraft compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 16
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 11%Socioeconomic
- 51%Household composition
- 3%Racial/ethnic minority
- 26%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)
- 41Total filings over 2 yrs
- 6.84%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.0%Peak (2016)
- 14Filings 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.
- 7.8%Housing insecurity
- 5.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.5%Food insecurity
- 8.3%SNAP enrollment
- 5.5%Transit barriers
- 4.9%No health insurance
- 16.4%Frequent mental distress
- 26.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Schoolcraft
Cost burden runs 33% here against 45.3% across Kalamazoo County. 20% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Running cool, economic stress reads 1.7/10. It sits 1.7 points below the Kalamazoo County average of 4.8.
Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.5/10. Court records carry 41 eviction filings across 2 observed years. Food insecurity runs 9.5% against 17.8% nationally.
The worst year on record was 2016, when 9.0% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 6.8% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 22nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 21% 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 2.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Rent consumes only 13% of average household income of $78,520, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.1 points cooler.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 26077006102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26077006102?
Census tract 26077006102 in Schoolcraft scores 3.1/10 (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 26077006102?
Median gross rent is $883/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26077006102?
7.0% of residents in tract 26077006102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,673.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26077006102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 16th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 11th, household 51th, minority 3th, housing 26th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26077006102?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 41 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 26077006102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.84% of renter households, peaking at 9.0% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26077006102 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.8% 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. 5.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26077006102 compare to Schoolcraft overall?
Tract 26077006102 scores 3.1/10, lower than the parent city of Schoolcraft at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Schoolcraft; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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