Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #73,892 of 84,120 nationally
Whitmore Lake Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26093744700 · Livingston County, MI · pop 3,111 · 10% of tract blocks fall in Whitmore Lake
How risky is Whitmore Lake in Livingston County for landlords? Census tract 26093744700 scores $1/10, the Elevated tier. It lands near the 75th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 100% of renter households, a severe level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $96,667 a year. About 1% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 0%
Owners 99%
Tract context
Occupied units1,520
Renter share1.4%
SVI overall0.07
Poverty rate6.3%
Median income$96,667
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
53
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
14
th percentile
Very Low
National
12
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Whitmore Lake and the region
Centroid at 42.4559, -83.7271 · click any tract to drill in
Why Whitmore Lake scores 2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Whitmore Lake
7.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.9
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
6.3% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Whitmore Lake
5.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Whitmore Lake
6.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Whitmore Lake
4.5
How Whitmore Lake compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 7
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 14%Socioeconomic
- 44%Household composition
- 3%Racial/ethnic minority
- 5%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)
- 8Total filings over 1 yrs
- 10.26%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.3%Peak (2010)
- 8Filings in 2010 (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.
- 5.6%Housing insecurity
- 4.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.1%Food insecurity
- 5.8%SNAP enrollment
- 4.4%Transit barriers
- 3.9%No health insurance
- 13.4%Frequent mental distress
- 25.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Whitmore Lake
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 6.4/10. 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 Whitmore Lake, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Livingston County average of 5.1 and in line with the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 5.6% 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 8 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 10.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 10.3% of renter households in 2010.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 26093744700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26093744700?
Census tract 26093744700 in Whitmore Lake scores 2/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 26093744700?
6.3% of residents in tract 26093744700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,111.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 26093744700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 7th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 14th, household 44th, minority 3th, housing 5th.
Q4
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26093744700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 8 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 26093744700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.26% of renter households, peaking at 10.3% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26093744700 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.6% 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. 4.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26093744700 compare to Whitmore Lake overall?
Tract 26093744700 scores 2/10, lower than the parent city of Whitmore Lake at 2.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Whitmore Lake; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Whitmore Lake
Top eight tracts in Whitmore Lake ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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