Neighborhood · Ann Arbor, MI

Westlawn Eviction Risk: Moderate

4 census tracts · pop 13,575 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.4/10 · range 3.9–6.2

Westlawn spans 4 census tracts of Ann Arbor, MI, population 13,575. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 5.4/10, in the Moderate tier. 53% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, well above the Ann Arbor rate of 37.4%.

The severe-burden share is 24%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The 4 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 3.9 to 6.2, a 2.3-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address. This is a renter market: 71% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

Average gross rent is $1,273, 23% below the Ann Arbor average of $1,649. The main counterweight is supply constraint, at 2.9/10.

Filings are well documented here: 983 across 4 observed tracts. The poverty rate is 16%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest.

The worst year on record was 2014, when filings touched 37.0% of renter households. Among the 13 mapped neighborhoods of Ann Arbor, it ranks #8 by risk, the middle third.

Judgments average 5.2% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. The closest comparables inside the same city are Cranbrook and Lower Burns Park.

Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $61,884.

For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 5.4 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score

5.4

Moderate

4 tracts · population-weighted

Westlawn vs Ann Arbor How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average

% of income on rent

53.2% +42%

Ann Arbor: 37.4%

Average gross rent

$1,273 -23%

Ann Arbor: $1,649

Average HH income

$61,884 -24%

Ann Arbor: $81,089

Poverty rate

16.2% -29%

Ann Arbor: 23.0%

Renter share

70.9% +30%

Ann Arbor: 54.5%

Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Westlawn and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 4 tracts span score 3.9–6.2

Why Westlawn scores 5.4

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly

State political climate

legislature & governorship · Range 3.3–3.3 across tracts

3.3

Regional political climate

County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 7.3–7.3 across tracts

7.3

Local political climate

Parent city governance · Range 3.3–7.5 across tracts

4.2

Rent control risk

53% of income on rent · Range 3.0–3.3 across tracts

3.2

Eviction process difficulty

State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 5.0–5.0 across tracts

5.0

Tenant organizing strength

71% renter households · Range 4.0–6.5 across tracts

4.5

Housing court bias

County bench composition · Range 5.0–5.0 across tracts

5.0

Economic stress

16.2% below poverty line · Range 1.7–7.0 across tracts

4.1

Supply constraint

Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 2.3–3.4 across tracts

2.9

Risk score comparison

Westlawn vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Westlawn?

Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.

Score distribution

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Spread of 2.3 points from 3.9 to 6.2. This neighborhood crosses multiple risk tiers, so block-by-block conditions vary substantially.

Tracts as heat grid

6.2 5.8 5.8 3.9

Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.

Census tracts

4 tracts in Westlawn

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract↕	Score↕	Pop↕	% over 30% on rent↕	Average rent↕
26161414200	6.2	2,897	45%	$1,350
26161414000	5.8	3,925	59%	$1,344
26161410100	5.8	3,192	60%	$1,178
26161410400	3.9	3,561	48%	$1,219

Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 62

Pop-weighted across 4 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 55%ile

Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden

Household characteristics 41%ile

Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+

Racial/ethnic minority 62%ile

Hispanic + non-white share of population

Housing & transport 72%ile

Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle

Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Westlawn

Aggregated across 4 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

983Total filings (sum)
18.38%Avg annual filing rate
37.0%Peak year (2014)
18.38%Latest filed (2014)

CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Westlawn

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

14.1%Housing insecurity
10.5%Utility shutoff threat
18.2%Food insecurity
17.2%SNAP enrollment
7.5%No health insurance
26.1%Any disability

Frequently asked

About Westlawn

What is the eviction-risk score for Westlawn?

Westlawn scores 5.4/10 (Moderate tier) across 4 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.

How does Westlawn compare to Ann Arbor overall?

Westlawn scores 0.4 points lower than Ann Arbor overall (5.8/10). Renters spend 53% of income on rent vs 37% citywide. Average rent: $1,273 vs $1,649.

What is the average rent in Westlawn?

Average gross rent in Westlawn is $1,273/month (pop-weighted across 4 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What percentage of Westlawn residents are renters?

71% of Westlawn households are renter-occupied (vs 55% in Ann Arbor). The neighborhood has 13,575 residents.

Is Westlawn a high social-vulnerability area?

Westlawn sits in the 62nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.

Which tracts in Westlawn have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Westlawn is census tract 26161414200 (score 6.2/10). Across the 4 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.9 to 6.2, a spread of 2.3 points.

How safe is Westlawn for landlords?

Westlawn carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.4/10). Pop-weighted across 4 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Ann Arbor as a whole (5.8/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.

What is the demographic breakdown of Westlawn?

Westlawn has 13,327 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (52.5%), Black (non-Hispanic) (24.9%), Hispanic / Latino (9.1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.

Nearby

Other neighborhoods near Westlawn

6.6 Colonial Square Cooperative 4 tracts · pop 11,341 6.3 Normal Park 2 tracts · pop 6,574 7.4 Riverside 3 tracts · pop 7,077 5.1 Burns Park 3 tracts · pop 13,410 7.2 Old Fourth Ward 4 tracts · pop 14,729 5.9 Gault Village 2 tracts · pop 7,075

Sibling neighborhoods

Other neighborhoods inside Ann Arbor

Same parent city, ranked by score similarity to Westlawn.

5.4 Cranbrook 3 tracts · pop 9,246 5.5 Lower Burns Park 1 tracts · pop 5,355 5 Burns Park 3 tracts · pop 13,410 4.6 Wildwood 3 tracts · pop 8,936 4.4 Dicken 3 tracts · pop 8,175 6.7 Colonial Square Cooperative 4 tracts · pop 11,341

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