Within parent city
8
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #42,763 of 84,120 nationally
Lansing Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26045021401 · Eaton County, MI · pop 3,921 · 6% of tract blocks fall in Lansing
Here is how census tract 26045021401, in Lansing eviction risk, looks to a landlord: a 5.1/10 eviction-risk score (Moderate tier) across a population of 3,921. It lands near the 42nd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 34% of renter households, a high level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $798 a month while the average household earns $58,015 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 38% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units1,901
Renter share37.8%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate5.9%
Median income$58,015
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
96
th percentile
Very High
Within state
59
th percentile
Elevated
National
49
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lansing and the region
Centroid at 42.6402, -84.6759 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lansing scores 3.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Lansing
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
5.9% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$798 rent vs county FMR
2.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lansing
2.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lansing
5.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lansing
4.5
How Lansing compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 69
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 43%Socioeconomic
- 88%Household composition
- 50%Racial/ethnic minority
- 77%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 2,235Total filings over 8 yrs
- 45.99%Avg annual filing rate
- 59.5%Peak (2018)
- 340Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 30% 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.
- 13.2%Housing insecurity
- 9.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.9%Food insecurity
- 14.4%SNAP enrollment
- 8.6%Transit barriers
- 7.3%No health insurance
- 18.6%Frequent mental distress
- 30.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lansing
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at $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 Lansing eviction risk, 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.
The tract is racially mixed and ranks around the 69th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 26045021401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26045021401?
Census tract 26045021401 in Lansing scores 3.9/10 (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 26045021401?
Median gross rent is $798/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26045021401?
5.9% of residents in tract 26045021401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,921.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26045021401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 43th, household 88th, minority 50th, housing 77th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26045021401?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 2,235 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 26045021401 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 45.99% of renter households, peaking at 59.5% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26045021401 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.2% 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. 9.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26045021401 compare to Lansing overall?
Tract 26045021401 scores 3.9/10, right in line with the parent city of Lansing at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lansing eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 26045021401 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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