Within county
46
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #42,763 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 26049011010 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26049011010 · Genesee County, MI · pop 5,729
The Moderate-tier score of 5.1/10 for census tract 26049011010 reflects conditions in Genesee, Michigan. That is riskier than about 42% of US census tracts.
About 15% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,049 monthly, set against $67,069 in average yearly household income, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 35% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 30%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units2,294
Renter share35.4%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate17.4%
Median income$67,069
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
59
th percentile
Elevated
National
49
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Genesee County and the region
Centroid at 42.9700, -83.7102 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 26049011010 scores 3.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
3.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.5
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
17.4% poverty · this tract
4.4
Supply constraint
$1,049 rent vs county FMR
5.6
Rent control risk
State baseline
3.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 26049011010 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 48
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 52%Socioeconomic
- 25%Household composition
- 31%Racial/ethnic minority
- 65%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
- 0%Grade C
- 12%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
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.
- 12.8%Housing insecurity
- 9.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.0%Food insecurity
- 15.7%SNAP enrollment
- 9.1%Transit barriers
- 7.3%No health insurance
- 20.1%Frequent mental distress
- 35.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 26049011010
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 5.6/10. 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 set by Michigan eviction laws law, 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 below the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 12% 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 12.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 26049011010
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26049011010?
Census tract 26049011010 in Genesee County scores 3.9/10 (Lower 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 26049011010?
Median gross rent is $1,049/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 15% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26049011010?
17.4% of residents in tract 26049011010 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,729.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26049011010?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 52th, household 25th, minority 31th, housing 65th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26049011010 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.8% 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. 9.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
Was tract 26049011010 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. 12% 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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