Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #71,178 of 84,120 nationally
Gaines Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26049012801 · Genesee County, MI · pop 4,278 · 23% of tract blocks fall in Gaines
How risky is Gaines in Genesee County for landlords? Census tract 26049012801 scores 5.3/10, the Moderate tier. On the national scale it ranks #42,475 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
24% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 9% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $992 monthly, set against $85,139 in average yearly household income, roughly 14% of income at the averages. About 5% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 96%
Tract context
Occupied units1,638
Renter share4.5%
SVI overall0.14
Poverty rate3.6%
Median income$85,139
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
7
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
18
th percentile
Very Low
National
15
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Gaines and the region
Centroid at 42.9062, -83.8956 · click any tract to drill in
Why Gaines scores 2.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Gaines
4.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.5
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
3.6% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$992 rent vs county FMR
5.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Gaines
7.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Gaines
2.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Gaines
6.1
How Gaines compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 14
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 9%Socioeconomic
- 56%Household composition
- 8%Racial/ethnic minority
- 20%Housing & transportation
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.
- 8.9%Housing insecurity
- 6.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.0%Food insecurity
- 9.3%SNAP enrollment
- 6.4%Transit barriers
- 5.4%No health insurance
- 17.7%Frequent mental distress
- 30.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Gaines
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 7.9/10. 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 Gaines, 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 14th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.2% 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 26049012801
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26049012801?
Census tract 26049012801 in Gaines scores 2.2/10 (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 26049012801?
Median gross rent is $992/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 24% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26049012801?
3.6% of residents in tract 26049012801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,278.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26049012801?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 9th, household 56th, minority 8th, housing 20th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26049012801 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.9% 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. 6.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26049012801 compare to Gaines overall?
Tract 26049012801 scores 2.2/10, lower than the parent city of Gaines at 2.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Gaines; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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