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Neighborhood · Ranked #42,813 of 84,120 nationally

Dicken Eviction Risk: Moderate , Ann Arbor

Tract 26161404100 · Washtenaw County, MI · pop 3,208 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Census tract 26161404100 covers part of the Dicken area of Ann Arbor, MI, and scores 4.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,208. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.9/10.

Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 22% Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units1,459
Renter share36.1%
SVI overall0.08
Poverty rate7.6%
Median income$125,694

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Dicken
Very High
Within parent city
18 th percentile
Rank, 18th percentileLowHigh
#34 of 41 tracts In Ann Arbor
Very Low
Within county
42 th percentile
Rank, 42nd percentileLowHigh
#63 of 107 tracts In Washtenaw County
Moderate
Within state
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#1,103 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Ann Arbor and the region

Centroid at 42.2708, -83.7654 · click any tract to drill in

Why Dicken scores 4.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Ann Arbor
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
7.6% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,474 rent vs county FMR
4.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ann Arbor
3.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ann Arbor
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ann Arbor
5.0

How Dicken compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Dicken risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.4This tracttract 4041005.8Ann Arborparent city5.0Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 8

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 20Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 3.75%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.8%Peak (2014)
  • 20Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Dicken. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Dicken

Severe burden reaches 23%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.9/10.

Cost burden runs 40% here against 46.5% across Washtenaw County. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.5/10. SNAP participation runs 5.3% against 15.2% nationally.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 20 filings here across 1 tracked years. Adults with no health insurance runs 4.0% against 11.3% nationally.

At $1,474 a month, rents run 11% under what the rest of Ann Arbor commands. The worst year on record was 2014, when 3.8% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 3.8% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 49% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

Social vulnerability reads 1.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 26161404100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26161404100?

Census tract 26161404100 in the Dicken neighborhood scores 4.4/10 (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 26161404100?

Median gross rent is $1,474/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26161404100?

7.6% of residents in tract 26161404100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,208.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26161404100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 8th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 6th, minority 42th, housing 25th.
Q5

Is tract 26161404100 considered part of Dicken?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26161404100 fall within Dicken (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26161404100?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 20 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 26161404100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.75% of renter households, peaking at 3.8% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 26161404100 struggle to pay rent?

About 5.9% 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. 4.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 26161404100 compare to Ann Arbor overall?

Tract 26161404100 scores 4.4/10, lower than the parent city of Ann Arbor at 5.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ann Arbor eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Ann Arbor

Top eight tracts in Ann Arbor ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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