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

Brownell Holmes Eviction Risk: Moderate , Flint

Tract 26049000400 · Genesee County, MI · pop 1,059 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

Census tract 26049000400 covers part of the Brownell Holmes area of Flint, MI, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,059 residents. Against Genesee County at 45.3%, 74% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 47% Stable renters 16% Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units516
Renter share62.8%
SVI overall0.60
Poverty rate44.9%
Median income$30,625

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
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#23 of 42 tracts In Flint
Moderate
Within county
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#32 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 43.0649, -83.7041 · 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
44.9% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$926 rent vs county FMR
4.4
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 / state5.4This tracttract 0004004.0Flintparent city4.3Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 60

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

What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10. Food insecurity runs 53.9% against 17.8% nationally.

The poverty rate is 45%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. The severe-burden share is 32%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Housing insecurity runs 37.5% against 14.2% nationally.

Running hot, court filing pressure reads 9.7/10. Set annual rent against average income of $30,625 and the ratio lands at 36%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.

Against the Genesee County average of 4.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Flint. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. That is riskier than roughly 70% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

Social vulnerability reads 6.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.

Average gross rent is $926, close to the Flint average. 63% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 26049000400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26049000400?

Census tract 26049000400 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 26049000400?

Median gross rent is $926/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 74% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26049000400?

44.9% of residents in tract 26049000400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,059.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26049000400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 75th, minority 93th, housing 4th.
Q5

Is tract 26049000400 considered part of Brownell Holmes?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26049000400 fall within Brownell Holmes (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 26049000400 struggle to pay rent?

About 37.5% 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. 34.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 26049000400 compare to Flint overall?

Tract 26049000400 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 26049000400 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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Top eight tracts in Flint ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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