Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Bellevue Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26045020800 · Eaton County, MI · pop 5,091 · 32% of tract blocks fall in Bellevue
Tract 26045020800 covers Bellevue in Eaton County in Michigan. Home to 5,091 residents, it scores 5.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 46th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 39% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,014 monthly, set against $82,923 in average yearly household income, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 11% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units1,855
Renter share11.0%
SVI overall0.51
Poverty rate7.4%
Median income$82,923
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
29
th percentile
Low
Within state
25
th percentile
Low
National
21
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bellevue and the region
Centroid at 42.5188, -85.0012 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bellevue scores 2.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Bellevue
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
7.4% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,014 rent vs county FMR
4.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bellevue
2.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bellevue
5.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bellevue
3.9
How Bellevue compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 51
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 42%Socioeconomic
- 70%Household composition
- 15%Racial/ethnic minority
- 59%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)
- 259Total filings over 8 yrs
- 11.88%Avg annual filing rate
- 17.4%Peak (2016)
- 30Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 19% 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.
- 10.0%Housing insecurity
- 7.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.2%Food insecurity
- 11.1%SNAP enrollment
- 6.9%Transit barriers
- 6.3%No health insurance
- 18.7%Frequent mental distress
- 31.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bellevue
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 5.1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Bellevue, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 259 eviction filings here over 8 tracked years, with about 11.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 17.4% of renter households in 2016.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 26045020800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26045020800?
Census tract 26045020800 in Bellevue scores 2.5/10 (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 26045020800?
Median gross rent is $1,014/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26045020800?
7.4% of residents in tract 26045020800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,091.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26045020800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 42th, household 70th, minority 15th, housing 59th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26045020800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 259 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 26045020800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.88% of renter households, peaking at 17.4% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26045020800 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.0% 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. 7.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26045020800 compare to Bellevue overall?
Tract 26045020800 scores 2.5/10, lower than the parent city of Bellevue at 3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bellevue; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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