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Downtown Eviction Risk: Lower , Midland

Tract 26111290400 · Midland County, MI · pop 2,359 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

Tract 26111290400, home to 2,359 residents in the Downtown area of Midland, scores 5.5/10 for landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 57th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

36% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $792 a month against an average household income of $77,188 a year, roughly 12% of income at the averages. Renters make up 17% of occupied homes.

Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6% Stable renters 11% Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units693
Renter share17.5%
SVI overall0.25
Poverty rate10.6%
Median income$77,188

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Downtown
Very Low
Within parent city
69 th percentile
Rank, 69th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 14 tracts In Midland
Elevated
Within county
55 th percentile
Rank, 55th percentileLowHigh
#10 of 21 tracts In Midland County
Elevated
Within state
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#2,001 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Midland and the region

Centroid at 43.6215, -84.2695 · click any tract to drill in

Why Downtown scores 2.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
10.6% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$792 rent vs county FMR
2.0
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.
Downtown risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 2.82.8This tracttract 290400Midland: 3.03.0Midlandparent cityCounty: 3.03.0Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 25

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 30Total filings over 2 yrs
  • 15.24%Avg annual filing rate
  • 19.6%Peak (2015)
  • 10Filings 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Downtown

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 Midland eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Midland County average of 5.6 and in line with the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 25th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

In CDC survey modeling, about 8.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 26111290400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26111290400?

Census tract 26111290400 in the Downtown neighborhood scores 2.8/10 (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 26111290400?

Median gross rent is $792/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26111290400?

10.6% of residents in tract 26111290400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,359.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26111290400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 25th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 46th, minority 32th, housing 40th.
Q5

Is tract 26111290400 considered part of Downtown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26111290400 fall within Downtown (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26111290400?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 30 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 26111290400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 15.24% of renter households, peaking at 19.6% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 26111290400 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.9% 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. 6.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 26111290400 compare to Midland overall?

Tract 26111290400 scores 2.8/10, right in line with the parent city of Midland at 3/10. 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.

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