Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #9,043 of 84,120 nationally
Hawk Nest Eviction Risk: Elevated , East Lansing
Tract 26037011200 · Clinton County, MI · pop 2,700 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Census tract 26037011200 covers part of the Hawk Nest area of East Lansing, MI, and scores 7.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. Against the Clinton County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 3.7 points.
Risk score
7.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 43%
Stable renters 46%
Owners 11%
Tract context
Occupied units983
Renter share88.8%
SVI overall0.54
Poverty rate65.1%
Median income$31,063
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
61
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across East Lansing and the region
Centroid at 42.7727, -84.4868 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hawk Nest scores 7.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from East Lansing
6.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.7
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
65.1% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$839 rent vs county FMR
2.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from East Lansing
9.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from East Lansing
9.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from East Lansing
9.5
How Hawk Nest compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 54
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 86%Socioeconomic
- 3%Household composition
- 47%Racial/ethnic minority
- 57%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)
- 3,685Total filings over 9 yrs
- 47.25%Avg annual filing rate
- 45.6%Peak (2010)
- 270Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 57% over the past 9 months.
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.
- 23.5%Housing insecurity
- 19.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 41.6%Food insecurity
- 42.4%SNAP enrollment
- 24.7%Transit barriers
- 10.8%No health insurance
- 28.3%Frequent mental distress
- 41.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hawk Nest
The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10. Severe burden reaches 33%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
The poverty rate is 65%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Food insecurity runs 41.6% against 17.8% nationally.
Cost burden runs 49% here against 33.0% across Clinton County. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.6/10.
This is renter territory: 89% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.6/10. Set annual rent against average income of $31,063 and the ratio lands at 32%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.
Average gross rent is $839, 28% below the East Lansing average. Housing insecurity runs 23.5% against 14.2% nationally.
The filing record is not thin: 3,685 evictions over 9 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2010, when 45.6% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 47.3% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 26037011200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26037011200?
Census tract 26037011200 in the Hawk Nest neighborhood scores 7.8/10 (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 26037011200?
Median gross rent is $839/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26037011200?
65.1% of residents in tract 26037011200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,700.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26037011200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 54th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 3th, minority 47th, housing 57th.
Q5
Is tract 26037011200 considered part of Hawk Nest?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26037011200 fall within Hawk Nest (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26037011200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 3,685 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 26037011200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 47.25% of renter households, peaking at 45.6% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 26037011200 struggle to pay rent?
About 23.5% 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. 19.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 26037011200 compare to East Lansing overall?
Tract 26037011200 scores 7.8/10, higher than the parent city of East Lansing at 6.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from East Lansing eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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