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Census Tract · Ranked #42,813 of 84,120 nationally

Grand Ledge Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 26045020403 · Eaton County, MI · pop 2,646 · 98% of tract blocks fall in Grand Ledge

With a score of 4.4/10, tract 26045020403 in Grand Ledge, MI reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,646 residents. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9/10.

Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10% Stable renters 22% Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units1,126
Renter share31.4%
SVI overall0.46
Poverty rate10.7%
Median income$76,500

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Grand Ledge
Very High
Within county
61 th percentile
Rank, 61st percentileLowHigh
#12 of 29 tracts In Eaton County
Elevated
Within state
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#1,103 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
Elevated
National
49 th percentile
Rank, 49th percentileLowHigh
#42,813 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Grand Ledge and the region

Centroid at 42.7581, -84.7512 · click any tract to drill in

Why Grand Ledge scores 4.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Grand Ledge
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
10.7% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$969 rent vs county FMR
3.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Grand Ledge
5.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Grand Ledge
6.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Grand Ledge
4.5

How Grand Ledge compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Grand Ledge risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.4This tracttract 0204034.0Grand Ledgeparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 46

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)

  • 384Total filings over 8 yrs
  • 12.11%Avg annual filing rate
  • 18.0%Peak (2016)
  • 51Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 26045020403
Filings climbed 24% over the past 8 months.
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Grand Ledge

Severe burden reaches 22%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.7/10.

Court records carry 384 eviction filings across 8 observed years. 31% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Eaton County average of 35.6%. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 6.9/10.

Filings peaked in 2016 at 18.0% of renter households. In a typical year about 12.1% of renter households face a filing.

That is riskier than roughly 49% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $76,500, annual rent is just 15%.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Eaton County average of 4.0 closely.

Average gross rent is $969, close to the Grand Ledge average.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 26045020403

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26045020403?

Census tract 26045020403 in Grand Ledge scores 4.4/10 (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 26045020403?

Median gross rent is $969/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26045020403?

10.7% of residents in tract 26045020403 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,646.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26045020403?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 46th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 24th, household 62th, minority 10th, housing 81th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26045020403?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 384 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 26045020403 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.11% of renter households, peaking at 18.0% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 26045020403 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.6% 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. 7.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 26045020403 compare to Grand Ledge overall?

Tract 26045020403 scores 4.4/10, higher than the parent city of Grand Ledge at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Grand Ledge; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Grand Ledge

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

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