Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Dimondale Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26045021402 · Eaton County, MI · pop 4,887 · 12% of tract blocks fall in Dimondale
Census tract 26045021402 covers part of Dimondale, MI, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,887 residents. Cost burden runs 60% here against 35.6% across Eaton County.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 2%
Owners 95%
Tract context
Occupied units1,955
Renter share4.1%
SVI overall0.15
Poverty rate4.1%
Median income$104,494
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
26
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Dimondale and the region
Centroid at 42.6324, -84.6525 · click any tract to drill in
Why Dimondale scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Dimondale
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
4.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$870 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Dimondale
8.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Dimondale
3.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Dimondale
6.3
How Dimondale compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 15
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 8%Socioeconomic
- 19%Household composition
- 12%Racial/ethnic minority
- 51%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)
- 77Total filings over 8 yrs
- 7.95%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.7%Peak (2014)
- 10Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 7.1%Housing insecurity
- 5.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.3%Food insecurity
- 7.0%SNAP enrollment
- 5.1%Transit barriers
- 4.5%No health insurance
- 15.2%Frequent mental distress
- 28.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Dimondale
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1/10.
21% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.4/10.
Food insecurity runs 8.3% against 17.8% nationally. It sits 1.0 points below the Eaton County average of 4.0. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 77 filings here across 8 tracked years.
SNAP participation runs 7.0% against 15.2% nationally. Filings peaked in 2014 at 11.7% of renter households. In a typical year about 7.9% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 26045021402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26045021402?
Census tract 26045021402 in Dimondale scores 3/10 (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 26045021402?
Median gross rent is $870/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26045021402?
4.1% of residents in tract 26045021402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,887.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26045021402?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 15th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 8th, household 19th, minority 12th, housing 51th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 26045021402?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 77 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 26045021402 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.95% of renter households, peaking at 11.7% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 26045021402 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.1% 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. 5.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26045021402 compare to Dimondale overall?
Tract 26045021402 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Dimondale at 3.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Dimondale; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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