Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #42,813 of 84,120 nationally
Eaton Rapids Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26045021302 · Eaton County, MI · pop 3,135 · 88% of tract blocks fall in Eaton Rapids
Tract 26045021302 sits in Eaton Rapids, MI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.4/10. Severe burden reaches 30%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units1,169
Renter share25.5%
SVI overall0.57
Poverty rate8.3%
Median income$64,549
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
68
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
63
th percentile
Elevated
National
49
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Eaton Rapids and the region
Centroid at 42.4956, -84.6493 · click any tract to drill in
Why Eaton Rapids scores 4.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Eaton Rapids
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
8.3% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$861 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Eaton Rapids
6.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Eaton Rapids
7.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Eaton Rapids
6.0
How Eaton Rapids compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 57
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 45%Socioeconomic
- 66%Household composition
- 10%Racial/ethnic minority
- 78%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)
- 576Total filings over 8 yrs
- 14.76%Avg annual filing rate
- 21.4%Peak (2013)
- 73Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 16% 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.
- 10.5%Housing insecurity
- 7.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.0%Food insecurity
- 12.1%SNAP enrollment
- 7.4%Transit barriers
- 6.6%No health insurance
- 19.0%Frequent mental distress
- 32.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Eaton Rapids
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9/10. 49% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Eaton County average of 35.6%.
Running cool, economic stress reads 2.1/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.5/10.
Court records carry 576 eviction filings across 8 observed years. At $861 a month, rents run 11% under what the rest of Eaton Rapids commands. Filings peaked in 2013 at 21.4% of renter households.
In a typical year about 14.8% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 49th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Against average income of $64,549, annual rent is just 16%. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 26045021302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26045021302?
Census tract 26045021302 in Eaton Rapids scores 4.4/10 (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 26045021302?
Median gross rent is $861/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26045021302?
8.3% of residents in tract 26045021302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,135.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26045021302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 57th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 45th, household 66th, minority 10th, housing 78th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26045021302?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 576 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 26045021302 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.76% of renter households, peaking at 21.4% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26045021302 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.5% 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. 7.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26045021302 compare to Eaton Rapids overall?
Tract 26045021302 scores 4.4/10, higher than the parent city of Eaton Rapids at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Eaton Rapids; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Eaton Rapids
Top eight tracts in Eaton Rapids ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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