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Neighborhood · Ranked #10,727 of 84,120 nationally

Riverside Eviction Risk: Elevated , Ypsilanti

Tract 26161411200 · Washtenaw County, MI · pop 2,473 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

26161411200 is a census tract in the Riverside area of Ypsilanti, MI. It scores 7.4/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,473. Severe burden reaches 48%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
7.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 66% Stable renters 33% Owners 1%
Tract context
Occupied units1,179
Renter share98.6%
SVI overall0.74
Poverty rate49.0%
Median income$31,792

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Riverside
Moderate
Within parent city
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#2 of 14 tracts In Ypsilanti
Very High
Within county
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 107 tracts In Washtenaw County
Very High
Within state
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#21 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Ypsilanti and the region

Centroid at 42.2569, -83.6202 · click any tract to drill in

Why Riverside scores 7.4

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
49.0% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,232 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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 Riverside compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Riverside risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.4This tracttract 4112006.0Ypsilantiparent city5.0Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 74

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)

  • 563Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 51.99%Avg annual filing rate
  • 52.0%Peak (2014)
  • 563Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Riverside. 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 Riverside

Against Washtenaw County at 46.5%, 66% of renters here are cost-burdened. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 49%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

This is renter territory: 99% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.8/10.

Set annual rent against average income of $31,792 and the ratio lands at 47%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Food insecurity runs 40.0% against 17.8% nationally.

Against the Washtenaw County average of 5.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.4 points. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.9/10. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 24.8% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 563 filings here across 1 tracked years. At $1,232 a month, rents run 14% over what the rest of Ypsilanti commands. Filings peaked in 2014 at 52.0% of renter households.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 26161411200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26161411200?

Census tract 26161411200 in the Riverside neighborhood scores 7.4/10 (Elevated 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 26161411200?

Median gross rent is $1,232/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26161411200?

49.0% of residents in tract 26161411200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,473.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26161411200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 51th, minority 80th, housing 50th.
Q5

Is tract 26161411200 considered part of Riverside?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26161411200 fall within Riverside (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26161411200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 563 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 26161411200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 51.99% of renter households, peaking at 52.0% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 26161411200 struggle to pay rent?

About 28.9% 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. 24.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 26161411200 compare to Ypsilanti overall?

Tract 26161411200 scores 7.4/10, higher than the parent city of Ypsilanti at 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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