Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,159 of 84,120 nationally
Burton Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 26049011508 · Genesee County, MI · pop 2,745 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Tract 26049011508 covers Burton in Burton in Michigan. Home to 2,745 residents, it scores 5.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 68th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 30% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $624 a month against an average household income of $35,668 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. About 39% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units1,347
Renter share39.3%
SVI overall0.55
Poverty rate14.8%
Median income$35,668
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
57
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
59
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
73
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Burton and the region
Centroid at 42.9979, -83.6279 · click any tract to drill in
Why Burton scores 4.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Burton
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.5
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
14.8% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$624 rent vs county FMR
1.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Burton
7.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Burton
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Burton
7.3
How Burton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 55
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 66%Socioeconomic
- 16%Household composition
- 26%Racial/ethnic minority
- 75%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
- 20%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 Burton. 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.
- 13.5%Housing insecurity
- 10.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.3%Food insecurity
- 19.2%SNAP enrollment
- 9.9%Transit barriers
- 7.8%No health insurance
- 19.6%Frequent mental distress
- 38.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Burton
The heaviest input here is housing court bias at 7.3/10. 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 Burton eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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 predominantly White and ranks around the 55th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 13.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.1% 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 26049011508
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26049011508?
Census tract 26049011508 in the Burton neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 26049011508?
Median gross rent is $624/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26049011508?
14.8% of residents in tract 26049011508 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,745.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26049011508?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 66th, household 16th, minority 26th, housing 75th.
Q5
Is tract 26049011508 considered part of Burton?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 26049011508 fall within Burton (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 26049011508 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.5% 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. 10.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 26049011508 compare to Burton overall?
Tract 26049011508 scores 4.6/10, higher than the parent city of Burton at 3.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Burton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 26049011508 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. 20% 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
Highest-risk tracts in Burton
Top eight tracts in Burton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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