Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #63,481 of 84,120 nationally
Pearl Beach Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26147646000 · St. Clair County, MI · pop 4,627 · 46% of tract blocks fall in Pearl Beach
Census tract 26147646000 sits in Pearl Beach in St. Clair County, Michigan eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 4.4/10. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
28% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 28% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $854 a month while the average household earns $75,476 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. About 9% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units1,846
Renter share9.3%
SVI overall0.34
Poverty rate9.2%
Median income$75,476
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
8
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
30
th percentile
Low
National
25
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pearl Beach and the region
Centroid at 42.6493, -82.5685 · click any tract to drill in
Why Pearl Beach scores 2.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Pearl Beach
4.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.5
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
9.2% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$854 rent vs county FMR
1.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Pearl Beach
1.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Pearl Beach
2.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Pearl Beach
2.8
How Pearl Beach compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 34
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 49%Socioeconomic
- 50%Household composition
- 12%Racial/ethnic minority
- 23%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.
- 9.8%Housing insecurity
- 7.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.2%Food insecurity
- 10.8%SNAP enrollment
- 6.9%Transit barriers
- 5.9%No health insurance
- 18.4%Frequent mental distress
- 32.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Pearl Beach
What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at 2.8/10. 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 Pearl Beach, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the St. Clair County average of 5.5 and below 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 34th 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 9.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.0% 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 26147646000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26147646000?
Census tract 26147646000 in Pearl Beach scores 2.7/10 (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 26147646000?
Median gross rent is $854/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26147646000?
9.2% of residents in tract 26147646000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,627.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26147646000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 34th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 50th, minority 12th, housing 23th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26147646000 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.8% 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. 7.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26147646000 compare to Pearl Beach overall?
Tract 26147646000 scores 2.7/10, right in line with the parent city of Pearl Beach at 2.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Pearl Beach; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Pearl Beach
Top eight tracts in Pearl Beach ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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