Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #41,065 of 84,120 nationally
Chesaning Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26145012700 · Saginaw County, MI · pop 4,649 · 52% of tract blocks fall in Chesaning
Census tract 26145012700 belongs to Chesaning, Michigan. It is home to 4,649 residents and scores 5.7/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 64% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 37% of renter households, a high level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $687 a month against an average household income of $60,120 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. About 20% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units1,935
Renter share19.7%
SVI overall0.63
Poverty rate11.7%
Median income$60,120
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
61
th percentile
Elevated
National
51
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chesaning and the region
Centroid at 43.1739, -84.1096 · click any tract to drill in
Why Chesaning scores 4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Chesaning
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
11.7% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$687 rent vs county FMR
1.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Chesaning
5.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Chesaning
6.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Chesaning
6.2
How Chesaning compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 63
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 49%Socioeconomic
- 76%Household composition
- 19%Racial/ethnic minority
- 78%Housing & transportation
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.
- 10.0%Housing insecurity
- 7.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.3%Food insecurity
- 13.0%SNAP enrollment
- 7.3%Transit barriers
- 7.0%No health insurance
- 17.9%Frequent mental distress
- 34.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Chesaning
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 6.8/10. 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 Chesaning, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Saginaw County average of 6.1 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 63rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.5% 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 26145012700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26145012700?
Census tract 26145012700 in Chesaning scores 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 26145012700?
Median gross rent is $687/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26145012700?
11.7% of residents in tract 26145012700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,649.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26145012700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 76th, minority 19th, housing 78th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26145012700 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.0% 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. 7.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26145012700 compare to Chesaning overall?
Tract 26145012700 scores 4/10, higher than the parent city of Chesaning at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Chesaning; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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