Neighborhood · Ranked #32,735 of 84,120 nationally

East Village Neighborhood Eviction Risk: Moderate , Flint

Tract 26049003800 · Genesee County, MI · pop 938 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

Tract 26049003800, home to 938 residents in the East Village Neighborhood area of Flint, scores 5.5/10 for landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 57th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 30% of renter households, a high level, and 7% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $931 a month while the average household earns $47,083 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. About 36% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

4.5

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 11% Stable renters 25% Owners 64%

Tract context

Occupied units353

Renter share35.7%

SVI overall0.64

Poverty rate11.7%

Median income$47,083

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Flint and the region

Centroid at 43.0006, -83.6818 · click any tract to drill in

Why East Village Neighborhood scores 4.5

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

11.7% poverty · this tract

2.9

Supply constraint

$931 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 East Village Neighborhood compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 64

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

85%Socioeconomic
62%Household composition
65%Racial/ethnic minority
19%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
1%Grade C
48%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 East Village Neighborhood. 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.

20.4%Housing insecurity
14.9%Utility-shutoff threat
27.3%Food insecurity
27.0%SNAP enrollment
13.6%Transit barriers
10.7%No health insurance
22.4%Frequent mental distress
38.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in East Village Neighborhood

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 5.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. 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 below the Genesee County average of 6.0 and in line with the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 64th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 48% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 26049003800

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26049003800?

Census tract 26049003800 in the East Village Neighborhood neighborhood scores 4.5/10 (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 26049003800?

Median gross rent is $931/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 26049003800?

11.7% of residents in tract 26049003800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 938.

How socially vulnerable is tract 26049003800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 64th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 62th, minority 65th, housing 19th.

Is tract 26049003800 considered part of East Village Neighborhood?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26049003800 fall within East Village Neighborhood (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 26049003800 struggle to pay rent?

About 20.4% 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. 14.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 26049003800 compare to Flint overall?

Tract 26049003800 scores 4.5/10, 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.

Was tract 26049003800 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 48% 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.