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

Brownell Holmes Eviction Risk: Moderate , Flint

Tract 26049000600 · Genesee County, MI · pop 1,568 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

26049000600 is a census tract in the Brownell Holmes area of Flint, MI. It scores 5.4/10 for landlords. Population here is 1,568. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.7/10.

Risk score

5.4

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 21% Owners 65%

Tract context

Occupied units586

Renter share35.0%

SVI overall0.88

Poverty rate24.2%

Median income$35,455

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Flint and the region

Centroid at 43.0576, -83.7038 · 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

24.2% poverty · this tract

6.0

Supply constraint

$854 rent vs county FMR

3.7

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.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 88

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

70%Socioeconomic
87%Household composition
93%Racial/ethnic minority
88%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
16%Grade B
75%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.

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.

33.4%Housing insecurity
29.6%Utility-shutoff threat
46.8%Food insecurity
53.4%SNAP enrollment
23.3%Transit barriers
10.6%No health insurance
22.0%Frequent mental distress
48.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Brownell Holmes

Housing insecurity runs 33.4% against 14.2% nationally. Disability prevalence runs 48.0% against 31.5% nationally. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.

Severe burden reaches 15%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The poverty rate is 24%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

It sits 1.1 points above the Genesee County average of 4.3. 40% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Genesee County average of 45.3%.

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. That is riskier than roughly 70% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 8.9/10 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 most pressured.

Average gross rent is $854, close to the Flint average.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 26049000600

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26049000600?

Census tract 26049000600 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.

What is the average rent in tract 26049000600?

Median gross rent is $854/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26049000600?

24.2% of residents in tract 26049000600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,568.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26049000600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 70th, household 87th, minority 93th, housing 88th.

Is tract 26049000600 considered part of Brownell Holmes?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26049000600 fall within Brownell Holmes (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 26049000600 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.

How does tract 26049000600 compare to Flint overall?

Tract 26049000600 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.

Was tract 26049000600 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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