Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #56,660 of 84,120 nationally
Shields Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26145012002 · Saginaw County, MI · pop 3,470 · 3% of tract blocks fall in Shields
Census tract 26145012002 runs through Shields. With 3,470 residents, it scores 5.5/10 for landlords. That is riskier than about 57% of US census tracts.
About 30% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $87,412 a year. About 4% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 96%
Tract context
Occupied units1,547
Renter share3.9%
SVI overall0.01
Poverty rate7.0%
Median income$87,412
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
20
th percentile
Low
Within state
41
th percentile
Moderate
National
33
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Shields and the region
Centroid at 43.4561, -84.1272 · click any tract to drill in
Why Shields scores 3.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Shields
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
7.0% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Shields
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Shields
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Shields
6.6
How Shields compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 1
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 10%Socioeconomic
- 20%Household composition
- 4%Racial/ethnic minority
- 1%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.
- 6.9%Housing insecurity
- 5.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.6%Food insecurity
- 6.9%SNAP enrollment
- 4.9%Transit barriers
- 4.5%No health insurance
- 14.9%Frequent mental distress
- 27.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Shields
What moves this score most is rent-control risk 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 Shields, 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 1st 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 6.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.1% 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 26145012002
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26145012002?
Census tract 26145012002 in Shields scores 3.1/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 26145012002?
7.0% of residents in tract 26145012002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,470.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 26145012002?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 1th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 20th, minority 4th, housing 1th.
Q4
What share of households in tract 26145012002 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.9% 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. 5.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q5
How does tract 26145012002 compare to Shields overall?
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Shields
Top eight tracts in Shields ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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