Within neighborhood
33
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
Westlawn Eviction Risk: Moderate , Ann Arbor
Tract 26161414000 · Washtenaw County, MI · pop 3,925 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
26161414000 is a census tract in the Westlawn area of Washtenaw County, MI. It scores 5.8/10 for landlords. This is renter territory: 98% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 58%
Stable renters 40%
Owners 2%
Tract context
Occupied units1,705
Renter share98.5%
SVI overall0.72
Poverty rate19.2%
Median income$52,334
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
62
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
87
th percentile
High
National
76
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ann Arbor and the region
Centroid at 42.2559, -83.6727 · click any tract to drill in
Why Westlawn scores 5.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Ann Arbor
3.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
19.2% poverty · this tract
4.8
Supply constraint
$1,344 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ann Arbor
3.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ann Arbor
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ann Arbor
5.0
How Westlawn compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 72
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 65%Socioeconomic
- 16%Household composition
- 74%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)
- 313Total filings over 1 yrs
- 18.96%Avg annual filing rate
- 19.0%Peak (2014)
- 313Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Westlawn. 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.
- 16.9%Housing insecurity
- 12.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 23.7%Food insecurity
- 23.1%SNAP enrollment
- 13.1%Transit barriers
- 9.2%No health insurance
- 19.7%Frequent mental distress
- 28.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Westlawn
The severe-burden share is 29%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.9/10. 59% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Washtenaw County average of 46.5%.
On the high side, regional political climate reads 7.3/10. The poverty rate is 19%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
The filing record is not thin: 313 evictions over 1 years of observation. SNAP participation runs 23.1% against 15.2% nationally.
Against the Washtenaw County average of 5.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.8 points. The worst year on record was 2014, when 19.0% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 19.0% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #20,506 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 7.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.6 points hotter.
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 26161414000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26161414000?
Census tract 26161414000 in the Westlawn neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (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 26161414000?
Median gross rent is $1,344/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26161414000?
19.2% of residents in tract 26161414000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,925.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26161414000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 65th, household 16th, minority 74th, housing 94th.
Q5
Is tract 26161414000 considered part of Westlawn?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26161414000 fall within Westlawn (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26161414000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 313 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 26161414000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 18.96% of renter households, peaking at 19.0% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 26161414000 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.9% 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. 12.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 26161414000 compare to Ann Arbor overall?
Tract 26161414000 scores 5.8/10, right in line with 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.
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