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Willow Village Eviction Risk: Elevated , Ypsilanti

Tract 26161412100 · Washtenaw County, MI · pop 3,568 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Tract 26161412100 sits in the Willow Village area of Ypsilanti eviction risk, MI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.7/10. Population here is 3,568. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10.

Risk score
6.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17% Stable renters 28% Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units1,549
Renter share44.9%
SVI overall0.59
Poverty rate10.0%
Median income$51,989

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Willow Village
Very High
Within parent city
39 th percentile
Rank, 39th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 14 tracts In Ypsilanti
Low
Within county
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#24 of 107 tracts In Washtenaw County
High
Within state
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#87 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Ypsilanti and the region

Centroid at 42.2578, -83.5758 · click any tract to drill in

Why Willow Village scores 6.7

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
10.0% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,270 rent vs county FMR
2.9
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 Willow Village compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Willow Village risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.7This tracttract 4121006.0Ypsilantiparent city5.0Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 59

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)

  • 99Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 21.57%Avg annual filing rate
  • 21.6%Peak (2014)
  • 99Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Willow 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 Willow Village

Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.9/10. It sits 1.7 points above the Washtenaw County average of 5.0.

Against Washtenaw County at 46.5%, 38% of renters here are cost-burdened. On the high side, housing-court posture reads 8.1/10.

14% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Average gross rent is $1,270, 18% above the Ypsilanti average.

The filing record is not thin: 99 evictions over 1 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2014 at 21.6% of renter households. In a typical year about 21.6% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 83rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 6.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 2.5 points hotter.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 26161412100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26161412100?

Census tract 26161412100 in the Willow Village neighborhood scores 6.7/10 (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 26161412100?

Median gross rent is $1,270/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26161412100?

10.0% of residents in tract 26161412100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,568.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26161412100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 59th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 52th, household 59th, minority 54th, housing 59th.
Q5

Is tract 26161412100 considered part of Willow Village?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26161412100 fall within Willow Village (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26161412100?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 99 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 26161412100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 21.57% of renter households, peaking at 21.6% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 26161412100 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.1% 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. 9.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 26161412100 compare to Ypsilanti overall?

Tract 26161412100 scores 6.7/10, 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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