Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #50,654 of 84,120 nationally
Grand Ledge Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26045020404 · Eaton County, MI · pop 4,812 · 59% of tract blocks fall in Grand Ledge
With a score of 3.9/10, tract 26045020404 in Grand Ledge, MI reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,812. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9/10.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units2,261
Renter share36.5%
SVI overall0.50
Poverty rate2.6%
Median income$62,598
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
39
th percentile
Low
Within state
51
th percentile
Moderate
National
40
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Grand Ledge and the region
Centroid at 42.7470, -84.7710 · click any tract to drill in
Why Grand Ledge scores 3.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
2.6% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$978 rent vs county FMR
3.7
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 50
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 35%Socioeconomic
- 51%Household composition
- 13%Racial/ethnic minority
- 81%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)
- 355Total filings over 8 yrs
- 5.75%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.9%Peak (2014)
- 29Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 8.2%Housing insecurity
- 5.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.5%Food insecurity
- 8.2%SNAP enrollment
- 5.7%Transit barriers
- 5.2%No health insurance
- 16.9%Frequent mental distress
- 29.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Grand Ledge
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1/10. 46% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Eaton County average of 35.6%.
Severe burden reaches 17%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 355 filings here across 8 tracked years.
Food insecurity runs 9.5% against 17.8% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 6.9/10.
SNAP participation runs 8.2% against 15.2% nationally. The worst year on record was 2014, when 7.9% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 5.7% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #50,654 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.5/10.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Poverty sits at 3%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 26045020404
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26045020404?
Census tract 26045020404 in Grand Ledge scores 3.9/10 (Lower 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 26045020404?
Median gross rent is $978/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26045020404?
2.6% of residents in tract 26045020404 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,812.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26045020404?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 50th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 51th, minority 13th, housing 81th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26045020404?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 355 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 26045020404 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.75% of renter households, peaking at 7.9% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26045020404 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.2% 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. 5.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26045020404 compare to Grand Ledge overall?
Tract 26045020404 scores 3.9/10, right in line with 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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