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Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally

Brownell Holmes Eviction Risk: Moderate , Flint

Tract 26049000100 · Genesee County, MI · pop 2,312 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Census tract 26049000100 covers part of the Brownell Holmes area of Flint, MI, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,312 residents. Against Genesee County at 45.3%, 69% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33% Stable renters 14% Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units919
Renter share47.0%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate27.0%
Median income$34,282

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 8 tracts In Brownell Holmes
High
Within parent city
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#12 of 42 tracts In Flint
Elevated
Within county
81 th percentile
Rank, 81st percentileLowHigh
#27 of 134 tracts In Genesee County
High
Within state
82 th percentile
Rank, 82nd percentileLowHigh
#527 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Flint and the region

Centroid at 43.0723, -83.7231 · click any tract to drill in

Why Brownell Holmes scores 5.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Flint
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.5
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
27.0% poverty · this tract
6.8
Supply constraint
$747 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Flint
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Flint
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Flint
5.0

How Brownell Holmes compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Brownell Holmes risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.4This tracttract 0001004.0Flintparent city4.3Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 85

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Brownell Holmes. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Brownell Holmes

SNAP participation runs 57.1% against 15.2% nationally. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.7/10.

28% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Housing insecurity runs 33.4% against 14.2% nationally. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.

The poverty rate is 27%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Average gross rent is $747, 18% below the Flint average.

It sits 1.1 points above the Genesee County average of 4.3. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.6/10. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.

On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 26049000100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26049000100?

Census tract 26049000100 in the Brownell Holmes neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (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 26049000100?

Median gross rent is $747/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 69% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26049000100?

27.0% of residents in tract 26049000100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,312.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26049000100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 96th, minority 95th, housing 24th.
Q5

Is tract 26049000100 considered part of Brownell Holmes?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26049000100 fall within Brownell Holmes (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 26049000100 struggle to pay rent?

About 33.4% 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. 29.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 26049000100 compare to Flint overall?

Tract 26049000100 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Flint at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Flint eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 26049000100 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Flint

Top eight tracts in Flint ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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