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Brownell Holmes Eviction Risk: Moderate , Flint

Tract 26049000200 · Genesee County, MI · pop 1,198 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

The Brownell Holmes area of Flint is where census tract 26049000200 sits, home to 1,198 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 6.6/10. It lands near the 89th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 43% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $833 monthly, set against $34,844 in average yearly household income, roughly 29% of income at the averages. Renters make up 48% of occupied homes.

Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 27% Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units478
Renter share47.7%
SVI overall0.82
Poverty rate36.0%
Median income$34,844

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
43 th percentile
Rank, 43rd percentileLowHigh
#5 of 8 tracts In Brownell Holmes
Moderate
Within parent city
37 th percentile
Rank, 37th percentileLowHigh
#27 of 42 tracts In Flint
Low
Within county
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#20 of 134 tracts In Genesee County
High
Within state
89 th percentile
Rank, 89th percentileLowHigh
#319 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Flint and the region

Centroid at 43.0722, -83.7039 · click any tract to drill in

Why Brownell Holmes scores 5.8

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
36.0% poverty · this tract
9.0
Supply constraint
$833 rent vs county FMR
3.4
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 / stateThis tract: 5.85.8This tracttract 000200Flint: 4.24.2Flintparent cityCounty: 4.14.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 82

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

The score leans hardest on economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Flint eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Genesee County average of 6.0 and above the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

Part of this tract, about 1% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.

In CDC survey modeling, about 33.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 29.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 26049000200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26049000200?

Census tract 26049000200 in the Brownell Holmes neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (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 26049000200?

Median gross rent is $833/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26049000200?

36.0% of residents in tract 26049000200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,198.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26049000200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 76th, minority 98th, housing 54th.
Q5

Is tract 26049000200 considered part of Brownell Holmes?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26049000200 fall within Brownell Holmes (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 26049000200 struggle to pay rent?

About 33.9% 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 26049000200 compare to Flint overall?

Tract 26049000200 scores 5.8/10, higher than the parent city of Flint at 4.2/10. 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 26049000200 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. 1% 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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