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Neighborhood · Ranked #11,930 of 84,120 nationally

Brownell Holmes Eviction Risk: Elevated , Flint

Tract 26049010304 · Genesee County, MI · pop 3,346 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

Census tract 26049010304 runs through Brownell Holmes in Flint. With 3,346 residents, it scores 7.3/10 for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 97% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

42% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $618 a month while the average household earns $33,906 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 56% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24% Stable renters 33% Owners 43%
Tract context
Occupied units1,309
Renter share56.3%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate46.4%
Median income$33,906

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 8 tracts In Brownell Holmes
High
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 4 tracts In Flint
Very High
Within county
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#11 of 134 tracts In Genesee County
Very High
Within state
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#219 of 2,972 tracts In Michigan
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Flint and the region

Centroid at 43.0830, -83.7134 · click any tract to drill in

Why Brownell Holmes scores 6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Flint
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.5
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
46.4% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$618 rent vs county FMR
1.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Flint
8.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Flint
9.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Flint
9.0

How Brownell Holmes compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Brownell Holmes risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.06.0This tracttract 010304Flint: 4.24.2Flintparent cityCounty: 4.14.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 87

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

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.

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 moves this score most is 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.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 32% 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 35.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 31.2% 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 26049010304

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26049010304?

Census tract 26049010304 in the Brownell Holmes neighborhood scores 6/10 (Elevated 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 26049010304?

Median gross rent is $618/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 26049010304?

46.4% of residents in tract 26049010304 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,346.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 26049010304?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 92th, minority 82th, housing 43th.
Q5

Is tract 26049010304 considered part of Brownell Holmes?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26049010304 fall within Brownell Holmes (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 26049010304 struggle to pay rent?

About 35.2% 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. 31.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 26049010304 compare to Flint overall?

Tract 26049010304 scores 6/10, 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 26049010304 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. 32% 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

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

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