Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #28,095 of 84,120 nationally
South Haven Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26159010400 · Van Buren County, MI · pop 2,540 · 81% of tract blocks fall in South Haven
26159010400 is a census tract in South Haven, MI. It scores 5.3/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,540. Severe burden reaches 42%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units1,124
Renter share31.2%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate22.5%
Median income$50,625
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
91
th percentile
Very High
Within state
78
th percentile
High
National
67
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across South Haven and the region
Centroid at 42.3869, -86.2811 · click any tract to drill in
Why South Haven scores 5.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from South Haven
4.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
22.5% poverty · this tract
5.6
Supply constraint
$784 rent vs county FMR
3.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from South Haven
5.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from South Haven
6.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from South Haven
6.6
How South Haven compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 88
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 78%Socioeconomic
- 96%Household composition
- 36%Racial/ethnic minority
- 86%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)
- 33Total filings over 1 yrs
- 9.40%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.4%Peak (2016)
- 33Filings 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.
- 13.6%Housing insecurity
- 10.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.4%Food insecurity
- 20.5%SNAP enrollment
- 9.9%Transit barriers
- 7.9%No health insurance
- 18.0%Frequent mental distress
- 38.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in South Haven
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.9/10. The poverty rate is 23%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. 48% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Van Buren County average of 42.2%.
It sits 1.1 points above the Van Buren County average of 4.2. Running cool, supply constraint reads 3.1/10. The filing record is not thin: 33 evictions over 1 years of observation.
The worst year on record was 2016, when 9.4% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 9.4% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 67th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Social vulnerability reads 9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.1 points hotter.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $784, close to the South Haven average.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 26159010400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26159010400?
Census tract 26159010400 in South Haven scores 5.3/10 (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 26159010400?
Median gross rent is $784/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26159010400?
22.5% of residents in tract 26159010400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,540.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26159010400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 96th, minority 36th, housing 86th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26159010400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 33 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 26159010400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.40% of renter households, peaking at 9.4% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26159010400 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.6% 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. 10.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26159010400 compare to South Haven overall?
Tract 26159010400 scores 5.3/10, higher than the parent city of South Haven at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from South Haven; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in South Haven
Top eight tracts in South Haven ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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