Within county
14
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #42,763 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 26159010201 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26159010201 · Van Buren County, MI · pop 3,416
How risky is Van Buren for landlords? Census tract 26159010201 scores 5.6/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 61% of US census tracts.
58% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $830 a month while the average household earns $75,966 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. About 12% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units1,203
Renter share12.0%
SVI overall0.67
Poverty rate8.1%
Median income$75,966
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
59
th percentile
Elevated
National
49
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Van Buren County and the region
Centroid at 42.3836, -86.1616 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 26159010201 scores 3.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
3.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
8.1% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$830 rent vs county FMR
3.6
Rent control risk
State baseline
3.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 26159010201 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 67
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 48%Socioeconomic
- 81%Household composition
- 43%Racial/ethnic minority
- 77%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.
- 11.3%Housing insecurity
- 7.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.1%Food insecurity
- 12.4%SNAP enrollment
- 7.6%Transit barriers
- 7.9%No health insurance
- 17.4%Frequent mental distress
- 32.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 26159010201
The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at $1/10. 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 set by Michigan eviction laws law, 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 67th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.8% 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 26159010201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26159010201?
Census tract 26159010201 in Van Buren County scores 3.9/10 (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 26159010201?
Median gross rent is $830/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26159010201?
8.1% of residents in tract 26159010201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,416.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26159010201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 81th, minority 43th, housing 77th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26159010201 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.3% 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. 7.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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