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

Civic Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Flint

Tract 26049000900 · Genesee County, MI · pop 2,375 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

Tract 26049000900 sits in the Civic Park area of Flint eviction risk, MI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.4/10. It is home to 2,375 residents. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10.

Risk score

5.4

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 26% Owners 56%

Tract context

Occupied units1,134

Renter share44.1%

SVI overall0.73

Poverty rate43.8%

Median income$25,130

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Flint and the region

Centroid at 43.0398, -83.7221 · click any tract to drill in

Why Civic Park 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

43.8% poverty · this tract

10.0

Supply constraint

$644 rent vs county FMR

1.5

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 Civic Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 73

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

88%Socioeconomic
71%Household composition
94%Racial/ethnic minority
23%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
59%Grade B
35%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 Civic Park. 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.

36.8%Housing insecurity
33.0%Utility-shutoff threat
51.9%Food insecurity
59.7%SNAP enrollment
26.4%Transit barriers
12.4%No health insurance
23.8%Frequent mental distress
50.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Civic Park

Food insecurity runs 51.9% against 17.8% nationally. The poverty rate is 44%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Housing insecurity runs 36.8% against 14.2% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 9.7/10. 30% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Average gross rent is $644, 30% below the Flint average. Running cool, 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 B ("Still Desirable") 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.

On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.6/10.

Statewide the MI average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 26049000900

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26049000900?

Census tract 26049000900 in the Civic Park 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 26049000900?

Median gross rent is $644/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26049000900?

43.8% of residents in tract 26049000900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,375.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26049000900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 71th, minority 94th, housing 23th.

Is tract 26049000900 considered part of Civic Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26049000900 fall within Civic Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 26049000900 struggle to pay rent?

About 36.8% 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. 33.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26049000900 compare to Flint overall?

Tract 26049000900 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 26049000900 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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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