Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #31,159 of 84,120 nationally
Decatur Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26159011601 · Van Buren County, MI · pop 3,943 · 35% of tract blocks fall in Decatur
Tract 26159011601 covers Decatur in Van Buren County in Michigan. Home to 3,943 residents, it scores 5.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 46% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 29% of renter households, a moderate level, and 11% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $821 a month while the average household earns $66,292 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. Renters make up 19% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units1,665
Renter share19.0%
SVI overall0.60
Poverty rate13.9%
Median income$66,292
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
52
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
73
th percentile
Elevated
National
63
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Decatur and the region
Centroid at 42.1129, -85.9242 · click any tract to drill in
Why Decatur scores 4.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Decatur
4.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
13.9% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$821 rent vs county FMR
3.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Decatur
4.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Decatur
5.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Decatur
6.2
How Decatur compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 60
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 56%Socioeconomic
- 48%Household composition
- 26%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.
- 12.6%Housing insecurity
- 9.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.0%Food insecurity
- 16.4%SNAP enrollment
- 9.1%Transit barriers
- 8.5%No health insurance
- 19.1%Frequent mental distress
- 35.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Decatur
The heaviest input here is housing court bias at 6.2/10. 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 Decatur, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Van Buren County average of 5.7 and below the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 60th 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 26159011601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26159011601?
Census tract 26159011601 in Decatur scores 4.6/10 (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 26159011601?
Median gross rent is $821/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26159011601?
13.9% of residents in tract 26159011601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,943.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26159011601?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 48th, minority 26th, housing 78th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26159011601 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.6% 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. 9.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26159011601 compare to Decatur overall?
Tract 26159011601 scores 4.6/10, higher than the parent city of Decatur at 3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Decatur; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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