Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #22,213 of 84,120 nationally
Hartford Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26159011400 · Van Buren County, MI · pop 4,578 · 52% of tract blocks fall in Hartford
The Moderate-tier score of 5.3/10 for census tract 26159011400 reflects conditions in Hartford, Michigan. It lands near the 49th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 24% of renter households, a moderate level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $743 a month while the average household earns $42,500 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. About 27% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,608
Renter share26.6%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate12.1%
Median income$42,500
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
62
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
81
th percentile
High
National
74
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hartford and the region
Centroid at 42.2189, -86.1822 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hartford scores 5.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Hartford
4.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
12.1% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$743 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hartford
5.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hartford
7.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hartford
6.6
How Hartford compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 97
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 91%Socioeconomic
- 98%Household composition
- 48%Racial/ethnic minority
- 94%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)
- 47Total filings over 1 yrs
- 9.89%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.9%Peak (2016)
- 47Filings in 2016 (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.
- 20.4%Housing insecurity
- 15.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 29.8%Food insecurity
- 30.9%SNAP enrollment
- 14.6%Transit barriers
- 15.5%No health insurance
- 21.7%Frequent mental distress
- 42.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hartford
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 7.3/10. 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 Hartford, 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 97th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
In CDC survey modeling, about 20.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 15.4% 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 26159011400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26159011400?
Census tract 26159011400 in Hartford scores 5.2/10 (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 26159011400?
Median gross rent is $743/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 24% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26159011400?
12.1% of residents in tract 26159011400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,578.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26159011400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 98th, minority 48th, housing 94th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26159011400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 47 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 26159011400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.89% of renter households, peaking at 9.9% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26159011400 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.4% 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. 15.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26159011400 compare to Hartford overall?
Tract 26159011400 scores 5.2/10, higher than the parent city of Hartford at 3.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hartford; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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