Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #82,639 of 84,120 nationally
Brighton Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26093740500 · Livingston County, MI · pop 2,562 · 2% of tract blocks fall in Brighton
Tract 26093740500 covers Brighton in Michigan. Home to 2,562 residents, it scores 5.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 68% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
57% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,148 monthly, set against $141,583 in average yearly household income, roughly 10% of income at the averages. About 10% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units873
Renter share9.9%
SVI overall0.04
Poverty rate1.8%
Median income$141,583
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
1
th percentile
Very Low
National
2
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Brighton and the region
Centroid at 42.5666, -83.7830 · click any tract to drill in
Why Brighton scores 1.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Brighton
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.9
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
1.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,148 rent vs county FMR
3.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Brighton
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Brighton
7.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Brighton
4.8
How Brighton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 4
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 10%Socioeconomic
- 4%Household composition
- 4%Racial/ethnic minority
- 24%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)
- 26Total filings over 1 yrs
- 19.40%Avg annual filing rate
- 19.4%Peak (2010)
- 26Filings in 2010 (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.
- 6.7%Housing insecurity
- 4.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.2%Food insecurity
- 6.6%SNAP enrollment
- 5.0%Transit barriers
- 4.4%No health insurance
- 15.2%Frequent mental distress
- 24.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Brighton
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 7.1/10. 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 Brighton, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Livingston County average of 5.1 and in line with the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 6.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 26 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 19.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 19.4% of renter households in 2010.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 26093740500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26093740500?
Census tract 26093740500 in Brighton scores 1.1/10 (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 26093740500?
Median gross rent is $1,148/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26093740500?
1.8% of residents in tract 26093740500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,562.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26093740500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 4th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 4th, minority 4th, housing 24th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26093740500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 26 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 26093740500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 19.40% of renter households, peaking at 19.4% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26093740500 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.7% 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. 4.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26093740500 compare to Brighton overall?
Tract 26093740500 scores 1.1/10, lower than the parent city of Brighton at 2.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Brighton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Brighton
Top eight tracts in Brighton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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