Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #19,562 of 84,120 nationally
Bloomingdale Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26159010101 · Van Buren County, MI · pop 4,032 · 17% of tract blocks fall in Bloomingdale
Tract 26159010101 covers Bloomingdale in Van Buren County in Michigan. Home to 4,032 residents, it scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 53rd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 27% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 10% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $799 a month while the average household earns $64,467 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 20% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units1,756
Renter share19.6%
SVI overall0.70
Poverty rate22.9%
Median income$64,467
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
86
th percentile
High
Within state
84
th percentile
High
National
77
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bloomingdale and the region
Centroid at 42.3722, -85.9272 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bloomingdale scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Bloomingdale
4.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
22.9% poverty · this tract
5.7
Supply constraint
$799 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bloomingdale
2.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bloomingdale
6.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bloomingdale
5.9
How Bloomingdale compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 70
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 73%Socioeconomic
- 68%Household composition
- 12%Racial/ethnic minority
- 72%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.
- 13.5%Housing insecurity
- 10.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.5%Food insecurity
- 20.3%SNAP enrollment
- 10.0%Transit barriers
- 9.0%No health insurance
- 20.0%Frequent mental distress
- 39.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bloomingdale
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 6.4/10. 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 Bloomingdale, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Van Buren County average of 5.7 and in line with the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 13.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 70th 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 26159010101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26159010101?
Census tract 26159010101 in Bloomingdale scores 5.4/10 (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 26159010101?
Median gross rent is $799/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26159010101?
22.9% of residents in tract 26159010101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,032.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26159010101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 68th, minority 12th, housing 72th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26159010101 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.5% 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. 10.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26159010101 compare to Bloomingdale overall?
Tract 26159010101 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Bloomingdale at 3.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bloomingdale; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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