Within county
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #73,892 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 26055550802 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 26055550802 · Grand Traverse County, MI · pop 4,206
With a score of 4.9/10, tract 26055550802 in Grand Traverse ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 4,206 residents. It lands near the 35th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 39% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,155 a month against an average household income of $106,900 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. Renters make up 9% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units1,608
Renter share9.1%
SVI overall0.04
Poverty rate3.7%
Median income$106,900
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
14
th percentile
Very Low
National
12
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Grand Traverse County and the region
Centroid at 44.7144, -85.7486 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 26055550802 scores 2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
3.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.8
State political climate
Michigan legislature & governorship
3.3
Economic stress
3.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,155 rent vs county FMR
4.2
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 26055550802 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 4
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 15%Socioeconomic
- 5%Household composition
- 6%Racial/ethnic minority
- 14%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.
- 6.5%Housing insecurity
- 4.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.3%Food insecurity
- 6.0%SNAP enrollment
- 4.6%Transit barriers
- 4.1%No health insurance
- 14.7%Frequent mental distress
- 26.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 26055550802
The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at $1/10. 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 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 about the same as the Grand Traverse County average of 5.2 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 4th 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 6.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.6% 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 26055550802
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 26055550802?
Census tract 26055550802 in Grand Traverse County scores 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 26055550802?
Median gross rent is $1,155/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 26055550802?
3.7% of residents in tract 26055550802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,206.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 26055550802?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 4th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 15th, household 5th, minority 6th, housing 14th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 26055550802 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.5% 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. 4.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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