Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Brighton Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26093741601 · Livingston County, MI · pop 1,599 · 98% of tract blocks fall in Brighton
Tract 26093741601, home to 1,599 residents in Brighton, scores 5.6/10 for landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 61st percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 44% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 30% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,170 monthly, set against $57,500 in average yearly household income, roughly 24% of income at the averages. About 50% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units834
Renter share50.0%
SVI overall0.61
Poverty rate4.6%
Median income$57,500
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
76
th percentile
High
Within state
25
th percentile
Low
National
21
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Brighton and the region
Centroid at 42.5261, -83.7915 · click any tract to drill in
Why Brighton scores 2.5
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
4.6% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,170 rent vs county FMR
3.3
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: 61
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 56%Socioeconomic
- 32%Household composition
- 12%Racial/ethnic minority
- 90%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)
- 42Total filings over 1 yrs
- 7.24%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.2%Peak (2010)
- 42Filings 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.
- 7.6%Housing insecurity
- 5.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.1%Food insecurity
- 8.7%SNAP enrollment
- 5.9%Transit barriers
- 5.7%No health insurance
- 15.6%Frequent mental distress
- 30.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Brighton
What moves this score most is 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 7.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 42 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 7.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 7.2% 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 26093741601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26093741601?
Census tract 26093741601 in Brighton scores 2.5/10 (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 26093741601?
Median gross rent is $1,170/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26093741601?
4.6% of residents in tract 26093741601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,599.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26093741601?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 32th, minority 12th, housing 90th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26093741601?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 42 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 26093741601 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.24% of renter households, peaking at 7.2% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26093741601 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. 5.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26093741601 compare to Brighton overall?
Tract 26093741601 scores 2.5/10, 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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