Census Tract · Ranked #57,812 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 26045020602 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26045020602 ·
Eaton County, MI · pop 3,387
Census tract 26045020602 covers part of Eaton County, MI, and scores 3.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9/10.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%Stable renters 4%Owners 94%
Tract context
Occupied units1,293
Renter share6.0%
SVI overall0.36
Poverty rate6.0%
Median income$82,019
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within county
36th percentile
#19 of 29 tracts In Eaton County
Low
Within state
41th percentile
#1,766 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
Moderate
National
31th percentile
#57,812 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Eaton County and the region
Centroid at 42.6500, -84.8462 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 26045020602 scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
State baseline
3.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
6.0% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$875 rent vs county FMR
2.8
Rent control risk
State baseline
3.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 26045020602 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 36
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
39%Socioeconomic
52%Household composition
22%Racial/ethnic minority
35%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)
72Total filings over 8 yrs
8.12%Avg annual filing rate
11.2%Peak (2012)
9Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year2010 to 2018
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 8 months.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
9.0%Housing insecurity
6.2%Utility-shutoff threat
11.1%Food insecurity
9.9%SNAP enrollment
6.3%Transit barriers
5.9%No health insurance
17.5%Frequent mental distress
31.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 26045020602
Severe burden reaches 23%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.5/10.
Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.8/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 72 filings here across 8 tracked years.
31% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Eaton County average of 35.6%. Filings peaked in 2012 at 11.2% of renter households.
In a typical year about 8.1% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #57,812 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 6% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $82,019, annual rent is just 13%.
It tracks the Eaton County average of 4.0 closely. Average gross rent runs $875 a month.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 26045020602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26045020602?
Census tract 26045020602 in Eaton County scores 3.5/10 (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 26045020602?
Median gross rent is $875/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26045020602?
6.0% of residents in tract 26045020602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,387.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26045020602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 36th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 39th, household 52th, minority 22th, housing 35th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26045020602?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 72 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 26045020602 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.12% of renter households, peaking at 11.2% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26045020602 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.0% 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.