3 census tracts · pop 12,824 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.8/10
· range 3.1–5.4
Center City is a 3-tract neighborhood of Midland, MI, population 12,824. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 3.8/10, Lower tier. Cost burden runs 42% against 30.3% citywide, putting Center City 11.4% over its own city.
The 3 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 3.1 to 5.4, a 2.3-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address. The main counterweight is economic stress, at 2.4/10.
11% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. Court records carry 103 eviction filings across its 3 observed tracts. Running hot is tenant-organizing strength at 7.1/10.
At $1,176 a month, rents sit 12% over what the rest of Midland commands. Filing activity peaked in 2016 at 7.2% of renter households.
Judgments average 1.3% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. Only 24% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin here; price renewals off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
Rent takes 19% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 3.8 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
3 tracts · population-weighted
Center City vs MidlandHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority13%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport25%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Center City
Aggregated across 3 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
103Total filings (sum)
3.91%Avg annual filing rate
7.2%Peak year (2016)
3.83%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Center City
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
8.7%Housing insecurity
6.7%Utility shutoff threat
11.1%Food insecurity
10.9%SNAP enrollment
5.5%No health insurance
28.8%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Center City
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Center City?
Center City scores 3.8/10 (Lower tier) across 3 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Center City compare to Midland overall?
Center City scores 0.2 points lower than Midland overall (4/10). Renters spend 42% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $1,176 vs $1,048.
Q3
What is the average rent in Center City?
Average gross rent in Center City is $1,176/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Center City residents are renters?
24% of Center City households are renter-occupied (vs 33% in Midland). The neighborhood has 12,824 residents.
Q5
Is Center City a high social-vulnerability area?
Center City sits in the 20th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Center City have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Center City is census tract 26111290200 (score 5.4/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.1 to 5.4, a spread of 2.3 points.
Q7
How safe is Center City for landlords?
Center City carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.8/10). Pop-weighted across 3 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Midland as a whole (4/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Center City?
Center City has 13,370 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (90.7%), Hispanic / Latino (5.1%), Other / Multiracial (2.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
