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Neighborhood · Ranked #35,899 of 84,120 nationally

Gault Village Eviction Risk: Moderate , Ypsilanti

Tract 26161412700 · Washtenaw County, MI · pop 4,828 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 26161412700 (Gault Village in Ypsilanti, Michigan) comes in at 6.6/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than roughly 89% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 64% of renter households, a severe level, and 29% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,175 a month while the average household earns $74,500 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 41% of occupied homes.

Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26% Stable renters 15% Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units2,278
Renter share41.2%
SVI overall0.47
Poverty rate8.2%
Median income$74,500

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Gault Village
Very High
Within parent city
23 th percentile
Rank, 23rd percentileLowHigh
#11 of 14 tracts In Ypsilanti
Low
Within county
65 th percentile
Rank, 65th percentileLowHigh
#38 of 107 tracts In Washtenaw County
Elevated
Within state
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#992 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Ypsilanti and the region

Centroid at 42.2136, -83.5922 · click any tract to drill in

Why Gault Village scores 4.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Ypsilanti
7.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
8.2% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,175 rent vs county FMR
2.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ypsilanti
7.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ypsilanti
9.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ypsilanti
8.1

How Gault Village compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Gault Village risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.34.3This tracttract 412700Ypsilanti: 3.63.6Ypsilantiparent cityCounty: 3.73.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 47

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 352Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 36.51%Avg annual filing rate
  • 36.5%Peak (2014)
  • 352Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Gault Village. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Gault Village

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.8/10. 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 Ypsilanti eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Washtenaw County average of 6.0 and above the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 47th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

In CDC survey modeling, about 12.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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 26161412700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26161412700?

Census tract 26161412700 in the Gault Village neighborhood scores 4.3/10 (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 26161412700?

Median gross rent is $1,175/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26161412700?

8.2% of residents in tract 26161412700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,828.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26161412700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 47th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 62th, household 45th, minority 64th, housing 21th.
Q5

Is tract 26161412700 considered part of Gault Village?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26161412700 fall within Gault Village (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26161412700?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 352 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 26161412700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 36.51% of renter households, peaking at 36.5% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 26161412700 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.5% 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. 9.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 26161412700 compare to Ypsilanti overall?

Tract 26161412700 scores 4.3/10, higher than the parent city of Ypsilanti at 3.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ypsilanti eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Ypsilanti

Top eight tracts in Ypsilanti ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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