Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Downtown Eviction Risk: Moderate , Midland
Tract 26111290100 · Midland County, MI · pop 3,177 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
With a score of 5.4/10, tract 26111290100 in the Downtown area of Midland, MI reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. 40% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units1,454
Renter share50.1%
SVI overall0.57
Poverty rate27.6%
Median income$41,394
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
92
th percentile
Very High
Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
82
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Midland and the region
Centroid at 43.6176, -84.2377 · click any tract to drill in
Why Downtown scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Midland
4.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
27.6% poverty · this tract
6.9
Supply constraint
$993 rent vs county FMR
3.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Midland
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Midland
7.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Midland
5.9
How Downtown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 57
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 65%Socioeconomic
- 26%Household composition
- 3%Racial/ethnic minority
- 79%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)
- 119Total filings over 2 yrs
- 8.20%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.3%Peak (2015)
- 56Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Downtown. 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.
- 12.8%Housing insecurity
- 10.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.8%Food insecurity
- 19.0%SNAP enrollment
- 9.7%Transit barriers
- 8.2%No health insurance
- 19.5%Frequent mental distress
- 35.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Downtown
Against Midland County at 40.9%, 55% of renters here are cost-burdened. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.5/10. The poverty rate is 28%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
It sits 1.4 points above the Midland County average of 4.0. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.1/10. The filing record is not thin: 119 evictions over 2 years of observation.
Sitting well above the midpoint, economic stress reads 6.9/10. The worst year on record was 2015, when 8.3% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 8.2% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.1/10. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 26111290100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26111290100?
Census tract 26111290100 in the Downtown neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (Moderate 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 26111290100?
Median gross rent is $993/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26111290100?
27.6% of residents in tract 26111290100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,177.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26111290100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 57th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 65th, household 26th, minority 3th, housing 79th.
Q5
Is tract 26111290100 considered part of Downtown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26111290100 fall within Downtown (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26111290100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 119 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 26111290100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.20% of renter households, peaking at 8.3% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 26111290100 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.8% 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. 10.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 26111290100 compare to Midland overall?
Tract 26111290100 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Midland at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Midland eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Midland
Top eight tracts in Midland ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · MI
Center City
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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26111290600
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MI
26111290700
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MI
Downtown
4.1
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MI
26111290500
3.5
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
26111291103
3.5
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
Center City
3.2
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MI
Center City
3.1
/ 10 · Low
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