Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #72,539 of 84,120 nationally
Saline Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26161423400 · Washtenaw County, MI · pop 6,292 · 93% of tract blocks fall in Saline
With a score of 5.8/10, tract 26161423400 in Saline in Washtenaw County ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 6,292 residents. That is riskier than about 68% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 44% of renter households, a severe level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $913 a month against an average household income of $90,605 a year, roughly 12% of income at the averages. Renters make up 28% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units2,836
Renter share27.7%
SVI overall0.46
Poverty rate4.8%
Median income$90,605
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
22
th percentile
Low
Within state
16
th percentile
Very Low
National
14
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Saline and the region
Centroid at 42.1779, -83.7767 · click any tract to drill in
Why Saline scores 2.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Saline
7.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
4.8% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$913 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Saline
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Saline
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Saline
4.7
How Saline compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 46
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 13%Socioeconomic
- 71%Household composition
- 20%Racial/ethnic minority
- 87%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)
- 1Total filings over 1 yrs
- 0.15%Avg annual filing rate
- 0.2%Peak (2014)
- 1Filings in 2014 (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.
- 5.7%Housing insecurity
- 4.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.7%Food insecurity
- 5.6%SNAP enrollment
- 4.4%Transit barriers
- 3.9%No health insurance
- 13.2%Frequent mental distress
- 24.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Saline
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 6.5/10. 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 inherited from Saline, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Washtenaw County average of 6.0 and in line with the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 5.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 0.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 0.2% of renter households in 2014.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 26161423400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26161423400?
Census tract 26161423400 in Saline scores 2.1/10 (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 26161423400?
Median gross rent is $913/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26161423400?
4.8% of residents in tract 26161423400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,292.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26161423400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 46th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 13th, household 71th, minority 20th, housing 87th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26161423400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 26161423400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.15% of renter households, peaking at 0.2% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26161423400 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.7% 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. 4.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26161423400 compare to Saline overall?
Tract 26161423400 scores 2.1/10, lower than the parent city of Saline at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Saline; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Saline
Top eight tracts in Saline ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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