Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally
Potterville Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26045020601 · Eaton County, MI · pop 3,986 · 45% of tract blocks fall in Potterville
Census tract 26045020601 covers part of Potterville, MI, and scores 4.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,986. 53% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Eaton County average of 35.6%.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units1,553
Renter share33.4%
SVI overall0.55
Poverty rate12.1%
Median income$67,853
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
86
th percentile
High
Within state
70
th percentile
Elevated
National
58
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Potterville and the region
Centroid at 42.6152, -84.7708 · click any tract to drill in
Why Potterville scores 4.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Potterville
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
12.1% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$979 rent vs county FMR
3.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Potterville
8.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Potterville
7.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Potterville
7.4
How Potterville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 55
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 31%Socioeconomic
- 74%Household composition
- 23%Racial/ethnic minority
- 79%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)
- 993Total filings over 8 yrs
- 33.77%Avg annual filing rate
- 55.4%Peak (2015)
- 157Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 60% 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.
- 11.6%Housing insecurity
- 8.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.1%Food insecurity
- 13.4%SNAP enrollment
- 8.0%Transit barriers
- 6.7%No health insurance
- 20.0%Frequent mental distress
- 31.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Potterville
31% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.4/10. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.8/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 993 filings here across 8 tracked years.
Average gross rent is $979, 15% below the Potterville average. Against the Eaton County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.8 points. The worst year on record was 2015, when 55.4% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 33.8% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 58% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Social vulnerability reads 5.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Against average income of $67,853, annual rent is just 17%.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 26045020601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26045020601?
Census tract 26045020601 in Potterville scores 4.8/10 (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 26045020601?
Median gross rent is $979/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26045020601?
12.1% of residents in tract 26045020601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,986.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26045020601?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 31th, household 74th, minority 23th, housing 79th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26045020601?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 993 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 26045020601 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 33.77% of renter households, peaking at 55.4% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26045020601 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.6% 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. 8.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26045020601 compare to Potterville overall?
Tract 26045020601 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of Potterville at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Potterville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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