Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #72,539 of 84,120 nationally
Fife Lake Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26055550200 · Grand Traverse County, MI · pop 4,513 · 9% of tract blocks fall in Fife Lake
For landlords sizing up Fife Lake in Grand Traverse County, census tract 26055550200 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 5.7/10. That is riskier than about 65% of US census tracts.
49% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,338 monthly, set against $86,226 in average yearly household income, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 6% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 94%
Tract context
Occupied units1,954
Renter share6.1%
SVI overall0.13
Poverty rate4.4%
Median income$86,226
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
9
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
16
th percentile
Very Low
National
14
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fife Lake and the region
Centroid at 44.6647, -85.4034 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fife Lake scores 2.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Fife Lake
5.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.8
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
4.4% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,338 rent vs county FMR
5.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fife Lake
7.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fife Lake
3.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fife Lake
5.7
How Fife Lake compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 13
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 17%Socioeconomic
- 24%Household composition
- 9%Racial/ethnic minority
- 24%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.
- 7.1%Housing insecurity
- 5.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.5%Food insecurity
- 7.1%SNAP enrollment
- 5.1%Transit barriers
- 4.6%No health insurance
- 15.2%Frequent mental distress
- 28.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fife Lake
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 7.7/10. 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 Fife Lake, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Grand Traverse County average of 5.2 and in line with the Michigan statewide average of 5.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 13th 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 26055550200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26055550200?
Census tract 26055550200 in Fife Lake scores 2.1/10 (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 26055550200?
Median gross rent is $1,338/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26055550200?
4.4% of residents in tract 26055550200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,513.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26055550200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 13th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 17th, household 24th, minority 9th, housing 24th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26055550200 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.1% 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. 5.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 26055550200 compare to Fife Lake overall?
Tract 26055550200 scores 2.1/10, lower than the parent city of Fife Lake at 2.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fife Lake; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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