Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #72,539 of 84,120 nationally
Mulliken Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26045020500 · Eaton County, MI · pop 3,561 · 9% of tract blocks fall in Mulliken
Census tract 26045020500 sits in Mulliken, Michigan eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 4.4/10. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 19% of renter households, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,184 a month against an average household income of $89,493 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 6% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 95%
Tract context
Occupied units1,407
Renter share5.5%
SVI overall0.08
Poverty rate4.1%
Median income$89,493
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
11
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
16
th percentile
Very Low
National
14
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mulliken and the region
Centroid at 42.7193, -84.8470 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mulliken scores 2.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Mulliken
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
4.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,184 rent vs county FMR
5.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Mulliken
2.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Mulliken
2.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Mulliken
3.2
How Mulliken compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 8
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 11%Socioeconomic
- 18%Household composition
- 9%Racial/ethnic minority
- 18%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)
- 75Total filings over 8 yrs
- 7.15%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.9%Peak (2012)
- 6Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 33% 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.
- 8.9%Housing insecurity
- 6.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.8%Food insecurity
- 9.6%SNAP enrollment
- 6.1%Transit barriers
- 5.7%No health insurance
- 17.4%Frequent mental distress
- 29.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mulliken
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 5.5/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Mulliken, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Eaton County average of 5.5 and below the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 8th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 26045020500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26045020500?
Census tract 26045020500 in Mulliken scores 2.1/10 (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 26045020500?
Median gross rent is $1,184/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 19% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26045020500?
4.1% of residents in tract 26045020500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,561.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26045020500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 8th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 11th, household 18th, minority 9th, housing 18th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26045020500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 75 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 26045020500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.15% of renter households, peaking at 10.9% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26045020500 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.9% 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. 6.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26045020500 compare to Mulliken overall?
Tract 26045020500 scores 2.1/10, lower than the parent city of Mulliken at 2.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Mulliken; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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