Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #71,178 of 84,120 nationally
Whitmore Lake Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26161465002 · Washtenaw County, MI · pop 4,018 · 76% of tract blocks fall in Whitmore Lake
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 26161465002 (Whitmore Lake in Washtenaw County, Michigan) comes in at 5.1/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 42% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 17% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,516 monthly, set against $83,220 in average yearly household income, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 31% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units1,793
Renter share31.2%
SVI overall0.14
Poverty rate4.3%
Median income$83,220
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
25
th percentile
Low
Within state
18
th percentile
Very Low
National
15
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Whitmore Lake and the region
Centroid at 42.4174, -83.7437 · click any tract to drill in
Why Whitmore Lake scores 2.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Whitmore Lake
7.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
4.3% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,516 rent vs county FMR
4.4
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: 14
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 3%Socioeconomic
- 16%Household composition
- 14%Racial/ethnic minority
- 63%Housing & transportation
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.
- 8.5%Housing insecurity
- 6.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.8%Food insecurity
- 8.7%SNAP enrollment
- 6.2%Transit barriers
- 5.1%No health insurance
- 17.1%Frequent mental distress
- 24.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Whitmore Lake
The score leans hardest on 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 below the Washtenaw County average of 6.0 and below the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 14th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 26161465002
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26161465002?
Census tract 26161465002 in Whitmore Lake scores 2.2/10 (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 average rent in tract 26161465002?
Median gross rent is $1,516/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 17% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26161465002?
4.3% of residents in tract 26161465002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,018.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26161465002?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 3th, household 16th, minority 14th, housing 63th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26161465002 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.5% 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. 6.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26161465002 compare to Whitmore Lake overall?
Tract 26161465002 scores 2.2/10, 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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