Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #35,899 of 84,120 nationally
Vassar Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26157000900 · Tuscola County, MI · pop 5,092 · 46% of tract blocks fall in Vassar
Census tract 26157000900 sits in Vassar in Tuscola County, Michigan eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.7/10. On the national scale it ranks #29,870 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 44% of renter households, a severe level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $731 monthly, set against $61,100 in average yearly household income, roughly 14% of income at the averages. Renters make up 20% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units2,030
Renter share19.9%
SVI overall0.72
Poverty rate14.7%
Median income$61,100
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
83
th percentile
High
Within state
67
th percentile
Elevated
National
57
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Vassar and the region
Centroid at 43.3586, -83.5517 · click any tract to drill in
Why Vassar scores 4.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Vassar
3.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.0
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
14.7% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$731 rent vs county FMR
2.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Vassar
5.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Vassar
7.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Vassar
6.0
How Vassar compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 72
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 59%Socioeconomic
- 65%Household composition
- 20%Racial/ethnic minority
- 92%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)
- 68Total filings over 2 yrs
- 6.18%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.7%Peak (2017)
- 37Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
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.
- 11.4%Housing insecurity
- 8.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.2%Food insecurity
- 14.6%SNAP enrollment
- 8.2%Transit barriers
- 7.4%No health insurance
- 18.9%Frequent mental distress
- 33.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Vassar
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 7.5/10. 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 Vassar, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Tuscola County average of 5.2 and in line with the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 72nd 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 68 eviction filings here over 2 tracked years, with about 6.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 6.7% of renter households in 2017.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 26157000900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26157000900?
Census tract 26157000900 in Vassar scores 4.3/10 (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 26157000900?
Median gross rent is $731/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26157000900?
14.7% of residents in tract 26157000900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,092.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26157000900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 59th, household 65th, minority 20th, housing 92th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26157000900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 68 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 26157000900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.18% of renter households, peaking at 6.7% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26157000900 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.4% 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. 8.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26157000900 compare to Vassar overall?
Tract 26157000900 scores 4.3/10, higher than the parent city of Vassar at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Vassar; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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